Structures of the type Industrial
Cederburg Mill, Cederburg Wisconsin
Date added:November 30, 2009
This large water powered flour mill was built in 1855. Built for Frederick Hilgen and William Schroeder, millers, Hilgen and Schroeder came to Cedarburg in 1844? purchased 30 acres of land for $35 and built a log mill which was in operation until the present mill was built in 1855. Schroeder was first postmaster of Cedarburg. In 1865, Hilgen sold his interest in the mill to a man named Trottman. The Cedarburg Supply Company acquired the mill ca. 1925-30. The original cost of the mill was $25,000, and it had a capacity of 120 barrels of flour per day.
The original part of the building is L-shaped, consisting of a main block plus wing. The main block is rectangular, 7-4-1/2'x 42', with the major axis running northwest-southeast, and with entrances on the southwest side. The wing extends 36-1/2' from the northwest end of the northeast side, and is 30-1/2' wide. The main block is divided 6 bays by 3 bays; the wing, 3 bays by 2 bays. The main block is five stories high with a monitor roof; the wing, four stories with a monitor roof. One story modern additions are at the southeast end and the northeast side.
More...Charlton Mill, Fall River Massachusetts
Date added:December 09, 2009
Built in 1910, this building was the last granite textile mill constructed in Fall River. It signifies the refinement of mill building design in its extreme width and large window area.
The building measures 154' x 374' (spinning mill); 32 bays; three stories; rectangular in shape. The wall are constructed of stone, the framing is slow-burning timber mill construction with cast iron columns.
More...Davol Mills, Fall River Massachusetts
Date added:December 10, 2009
The Davol Mills are the only remaining major mill structures in the city with French mansard roofs. The No. 1 Mill was built of brick in 1867-68, and three years later the No, 2 Mill was built. The original brick structures consisted of a basement or ground floor with three stories above; later an upper floor was built of frame construction at the mansard roof level. The boiler house and storehouses along Plymouth Avenue and Morgan Street were added 1890 to 1909.
Dimensions of the major wings: No. 1: 73'-0" X 225'-0"; ground floor plus four stories. No. 2: 73'-0" X 214'-0" (oblique); ground floor plus four stories. The exterior load-bearing walls are of red brick, 2'-1 1/2" (first) to 1'-5 1/2" (third) in thicknesses in the window spandrels; between the windows the walls are 4" thicker. Header bonding courses are spaced quite at random.
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Durfee Mills, Fall River Massachusetts
Harmony Manufacturing Company Mill #3 (Mastodon Mill), Cohoes New York
Lawrence Machine Shop (Everett Mills), Lawrence Massachusetts
Metacomet Mill, Fall River Massachusetts
Midwest Steel & Iron Works, Denver Colorado
National Radium Institute, Denver Colorado
Pemberton Mill, Lawrence Massachusetts
Richard Borden Manufacturing Company No. 1 Mill, Fall River Massachusetts
S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Denver Colorado
Sound Democrat Mill, Silverton Colorado
Tivoli-Union Brewery (Milwaukee Brewery), Denver Colorado
Union Mills, Fall River Massachusetts
Wamsutta Mill, New Bedford Massachusetts