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Hope Mill Village
History of the water powered Hope Mill and mill village in Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 1806 by Silvanus Hopkins and in continuous operation until 1972. Currently being restored by the Hope Village Hydro Historical Museum.
http://www.hopemillvillage.com/history.html
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Whitin Mill History
Don Gosselin's comprehensive history of the Whitin cotton textile mill, mill village and textile machinery works in Northbridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1809 and managed since then by the Whitin family until the company folded in 1967.
http://www.blackstonedaily.com/whitinintro.htm
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Wilde Yarn Mill
The history of the Wilde Yarn Mill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded by the brothers John and Thomas Wilde in 1882 to produce carpet yarns, and in continuous operation since then.
http://www.workshopoftheworld.com/manayunk/wilde.html
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Salem Woolen Mills
The history of the Willamette Woolen Mill (founded in 1847 and destroyed by fire in 1875) and Thomas Kay Woolen Mill (founded in 1889 and sold to the Mission Mill Museum Association in 1965) in Salem, Oregon.
http://www.salemhistory.net/commerce/wool.htm
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A History of the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company and Mill
The history of the Kaiapoi Woollen Company and textile mill in Kaiapoi, New Zealand, founded in 1878 by local citizens and closed 1878. Acquired by the Shivas Family Trust and transformed into a center for local businesses in 1980.
http://www.waimakariri.govt.nz/library/history_files/KaiapoiMill.pdf
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Simonis Mills
The history of the Iwan Simonis woollen textile mills in Verviers, Belgium, founded by Guillaume Henri Simon Simonis in 1680 to produce woollen cloth, and in continuous operation since then.
http://www.iwansimonis.com/?page=history&language=en
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Northfield Mills
The history of the Northfield textile mills in Ossett, Great Britain, founded in 1851 and destroyed by fire in 1910.
http://www.larkshill.org.uk/northfield.html
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Thoburn Mill
The history of the water powered Thoburn Woollen Mill in Almonte, Canada, founded in 1880 by William Thoburn to produce flannel fabrics, and closed in 1956.
http://almonte.clal.ca/articles/thoburn_mill_1989-05-31.htm
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Warrnambool Woolen Mill
History of the woolen textile mill in Warrnambool, Australia, founded in a converted meat processing factory in 1875 and in continuous operation under various owners as a textile mill until 2000.
http://www.themillwarrnambool.com.au/history.html
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History of Armley Mills
The history of the water powered Armley Woollen Mills in Leeds, Great Britain, probably founded in the mid 16th century as a fulling mill and developed into the largest woollen mill in the world near the end of the 18th century. Closed as a commercial te
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleyMills/Armley_Mills/history.aspx
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