King Philip Mills
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King Philip Mills is an historic mill complex located at 372 Kilburn Street in Fall River, Massachusetts
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The company was organized in 1871 and Mills No. 1 and 2 were built the same year. By 1917 the company operated four mills and had a capacity of 134,000 spindles and 3,000 looms.
In 1930 the company was acquired by Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates
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The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1983.
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 company was organized in 1871 and Mills No. 1 and 2 were built the same year. By 1917 the company operated four mills and had a capacity of 134,000 spindles and 3,000 looms.
In 1930 the company was acquired by Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates
Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates
Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates was founded in 1889 as Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company in Adams, Massachusetts. By 1917 the company was capitalized at $2,500,000 and contained over 260,000 ring and mule spindles and 6,500 looms for the production of cotton textiles , making it one of the...
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The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1983.