Slater's cambric mill

Slater's cambric mill

Item Information

Title:
Slater's cambric mill
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.
Date:
[ca. 1880–1889]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Chester C. Corbin Public Library
Collection (local):
Local History Collection
Subjects:
Webster (Mass.)
Textile industry--Massachusetts--Webster
Slater, Samuel, 1768-1835
Places:
Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Webster
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/fb494s64s
Terms of Use:
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Notes:
Part of the local history collection of the Chester C. Corbin Public Library, Webster, Massachusetts
Notes (publications):
Image from Webster illustrated: twenty-eight views; New York : Lithotype Printing Co., [188?]
Identifier:
ocm29603630
slaters_cambric_mill