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Weetamoe Mills Company
| Firmenname | Weetamoe Mills Company |
| Ortssitz | Fall River (Mass.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Textilfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | The Weetamoe Mills (one mill) were organized in 1870 with Louis L. Barnard as president and D. Hartwell Dyer as treasurer. The mill had 34,080 spindles. The plant was closed in 1928, and was burned in 1940. |
| Quellenangaben | [Earl: Centennial history of Fall River (1877) 133] [Phillips: Phillips History of Fall River 2 (1944) 127] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 29.12.1870 |
Die erste konstitionierende Sitzung wählt folgenden Vorstand: L. L. Barnard, Job B. French, Jonathan I. Hilliard, Josiah C . Blaisdell, William Lindsey, Francis B. Hood, Henry C. Lincoln, E. C. Kilburn, and D. H. Dyer. L. L. Barnard wird zum Präsidenten und D. H. Dyer zum Finanzleiter gewählt. |
| 24.02.1871 |
Eintragung mit 175 Aktionären |
| 03.1872 |
Beginn der Bauarbeiten |
| 01.1873 |
Die Weberei ist in Betrieb |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Baumwollgewebe |
1873 |
Beginn |
1877 |
[Cent. hist. of Fall River (1877) 133] |
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| ZEIT | 1877 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Is the outgrowth of the prosperity of the mills of the decade of 186o to 1870. The first steps in the organization of the company were taken by D. Hartwell Dyer, Esq., who opened the books for subscription to a capital stock of 550,000. He met with such success that 100,000 was offered in excess of the amount named. The first meeting for organization was held December 29th, 1870, and the following board of direction chosen: L. L. Barnard, Job B. French, Jonathan I. Hilliard, Josiah C. Blaisdell, William Lindsey, Francis B. Hood, Henry C. Lincoln, E. C. Kilburn, and D. H. Dyer. L. L. Barnard was elected president, and D. H. Dyer treasurer. The act of incorporation is dated February 24th, 1871. The number of original subscribers was two hundred and seventy-five. Land for a mill site was purchased on the banks of Taunton River, near Slade's Ferry, and the new corporation assumed the name of " Weetamoe," after the Queen of the Pocassets, who was drowned near by, in crossing the river. Another tract of land, north of Mechanicsville, was purchased for tenement houses . Work on the mill building was begun in March, 1872, and within ten months the looms were running off cloth. The plans were all drawn by Mr. Dyer, who, more or less connected with cotton-mills from his boyhood, in later years had turned his attention to the architecture of mill buildings, and the preparation of plans and specifications for the same. The mill is of brick, 320 feet long, 74 feet wide, and five stories high with basement . It has a flat roof, and an L for engines, boilers, etc. Most of the machinery, looms, spoolers, cards, etc., is American, but a small portion English. The engine is a double Corliss of 500 horse-power, and steam is furnished by five sections of the Harrison boiler. The water for steam purposes is supplied by wells dug on the premises. The mill is lighted by gas from the Fall River Gas Works. There are sixty-five tenements, the outer walls of brick, for the accommodation of the operatives. The company owns nine acres of land, together with a fine wharf privilege, which is utilized for the landing of coal, cotton, building material, and supplies. The present number of stockholders is three hundred. |
| QUELLE | [Earl: Centennial history of Fall River (1877) 133] |
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