The Waucantuck Mill Complex

Today the "Waucantuck Mill Complex" is still listed on the National Historic Register. It is listed under the Category of Registered Historic Places in Massachusetts, and historic places in Uxbridge, Massachusetts

Uxbridge, Massachusetts

Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It was first settled in 1662, incorporated in 1727 at Suffolk County, and named for the Earl of Uxbridge. Uxbridge is south-southeast of Worcester, north-northwest of Providence, and southwest of Boston. It is part of...

. It is found under the external link for the List of Registered Historic Places in Massachusetts. The Original Luke Taft

Luke Taft

Luke Taft was an industrial pioneer in the manufacture of woolens in 19th century New England.-Family:...

 Mill, built in 1824, on the West River (Massachusetts)

West River (Massachusetts)

The West River, in the US state of Massachusetts, is a tributary of the Blackstone River.-Course:It originates in the towns of Grafton and Upton, Massachusetts, near the Upton State Forest, at Silver Lake and Cider Mill Pond in Grafton, and crosses into the eastern portion of Northbridge, passes...

 was very close to the present site of the Waucatuck Mill complex. The Waukantuck complex was planned for a condominium and retail complex, underway in 2009. Both are very close to and virtually part of the Wheelocksville Historic District, where the Stanley Woolen Mill

Stanley Woolen Mill

Stanley Woolen Mill is the common historic name applied to a defunct company based in southeastern Massachusetts and to the company's buildings which stand at the southern entrance to the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park. The mill is an important footnote in the history of the textile...

 was built in 1852. *Updates: This structure has been razed in 2010, because of contaminated industrial wastes, and no longer exists, though the site exists and is planned as retail and apartment complexes. A historic marker is planned. The site is the geographic center of the John H. Chaffee Blackstone River Valley National Historic Corridor, a region of national signficance to the earliest industrialization of the United States

United States

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. The Luke Taft

Luke Taft

Luke Taft was an industrial pioneer in the manufacture of woolens in 19th century New England.-Family:...

Mill, and its successors were important footnotes in the early textile industry of the US. Innovations here included power looms, satinets, mixed textile blends, and wash and wear fabrics.)