Willimantic Silk Co. Temporarily Closes

Title

Willimantic Silk Co. Temporarily Closes

Description

Max Stein's Willimantic Silk along with the other Domestic Silk subsidiaries on Bridge Street briefly close, putting 900 out of work. After getting tax concessions from Mayor Hurley, the mills reopen.

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 83.

Date

1932-11-05

Contributor

turner_max

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Willimantic Silk Co. Temporarily Closes,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/855.