Slater's cambric mill.
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Title
Slater's cambric mill.
Subject
Webster (Mass.); Textile industry--Massachusetts--Webster; Slater, Samuel, 1768-1835.
Description
Located in Webster's East Village, the Slater Cotton Mill was the first mill built by Samuel Slater in Webster. The clock tower at left is part of the original 1812 mill and is still standing on what is now Route 16 (Gore Road). Since 1936 this mill complex has been owned by Cranston Print Works. This photograph is taken from an approximate point looking west from what is now the site of Interstate 395.
Source
Image from Webster illustrated: twenty-eight views; New York : Lithotype Printing Co., [188?]
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Date
188?
Relation
Part of the local history collection of the Chester C. Corbin Public Library, Webster, Massachusetts <http://www.corbinlibrary.org>
Format
image/jpg
Type
image
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Collection
Citation
“Slater's cambric mill.,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 22, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1415.
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