Cornell Mills
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Cornell Mills is an historic cotton textile mill located at Alden Street in Fall River, Massachusetts
Fall River, Massachusetts
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located about south of Boston, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and west of New Bedford and south of Taunton. The city's population was 88,857 during the 2010 census, making it the tenth largest city in...

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The mill was organized in 1889 and built in 1890 from native Fall River granite
Fall River granite
Fall River Granite is a Precambrian bedrock underlying the City of Fall River, Massachusetts and surrounding areas along the eastern shores of Narragansett Bay. It was formed 600 million years ago, as part of the Avalon terrane....

. It had a capacity of 45,000 spindles. John D. Flint was the company's first president.

The plant was closed in 1930.

It was added to the National Historic Register in 1983.

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