Structures of the type Mill
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.
More...Durfee Mills, Fall River Massachusetts
Date added:December 11, 2009
The Durfee Mills was the largest single firm of textile manufacturers in Fall River. During the 1870's the company produced 23 million yards of print cloth annually.
The Durfee Mills, one of the more successful of the late 19th Century textile corporations, had the most impressive group of large mill structures in the city of Fall River. Begun in 1866 the central grouping of the No. 1 and No. 2 Mills together with the office building were completed about 1872.
More...Harmony Manufacturing Company Mill #3 (Mastodon Mill), Cohoes New York
Date added:February 28, 2010
Known locally as the Mastodon Mill, the Harmony Mill No. 3 is exceptionally interesting for its decorative architectural treatment, uncommonly elaborate for an industrial structure Although the building is nearly 1100 feet long, its finely articulated facade, mansard roof, and central tower make it a well-scaled element of the Harmony Mills complex, which includes mill buildings, power canals, workers' houses, and commercial structures. Harmony is one of the finest examples of a large-scale textile mill complex outside of New England, and it has played an important role in the economic development of Cohoes.
In excavating for the foundation of the north end of the building, the bones of a mastodon were found. Subsequently the mill became popularly known as the "Mastodon Mill." The skeleton of this mammoth was presented to the State of New York, and it still remains on display at the State Museum in Albany.
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Lawrence Machine Shop (Everett Mills), Lawrence Massachusetts
Sound Democrat Mill, Silverton Colorado
Union Mills, Fall River Massachusetts