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Lawrence Mills 1846- 1878
Ciara Mckinney, Waleska Velez, Luis Esmurria, Marcus
Jimenez, & Alexa Rizzo
Bay State Mill• 1ST mill in Lawrence• Built: Began February 1846
(before Lawrence was a city)• Capital: $1,800,000• # of Shares: 1,800• # of Looms: 710• # of Carding Machines: 93• Yearly Output: 520,000 yd
of cotton goods; 6,240,000 yd of dress goods; 1,040,000 yd of worsted; 2,080,000 yd of woolen
• Agent: G.V. Fox• President: Andrew T. Hall• Treasurer: Samuel Lawrence• Bookkeeper: A.P. Clark• 1878 Employees: 4,200
male/6,000 female• Became Washington Mills in
1878
Atlantic Cotton Mills• Built: Started February 1846
(second mill in Lawrence)• Opened: 1847• Capital: $1,500,000• # of Spindles: 56,000• # of Looms: 1,538• Kinds of Cloth Made: Sheeting &
Shirting• Produced: 23,200,000 yd of
cloth per year• Employees: 1,040 workers• Agent: J.C. Bowker• President: William Gray• Treasurer: Joseph P. Battles• Clerk: F. R. Vincent
Pacific Mills• Built: 1852• Had 12 mills &
buildings( 41 acres of floor space)
• Capital: $2,430,000• # of Spindles: 55,000• # of Looms: 1,219• 1878 Production:
65,000,000 yd of dress goods per year
• Employees: 5,360• Agent:William C. Chapin• President: George Lyman• Treasurer: J. Wyley
Edmonds
Pemberton Mill
• Incorporated: 1852• Collapsed: 1860• Reorganized: 1861• Capital: $500,000• Cotton Manufacturer#
of spindles: 30,000• Produced: 6,240,000
yd per year• # of Looms: 600• Employees: 875(650
women 225 men)• Agent: J.C.Chase• Treasurer: George
Howe
Lawrence Duck Co.
• Incorporated: 1853• Produced: Duck material for
sails & tents• Employees: 150• The Duck Bridge in
Lawrence gets its name because it is next the the Duck Mill.
Lawrence Woolen Company
• Incorporated: 1864(known as Perry Mill)
• Produced: 240,000 yd of woolens per year
• 1875 Employees: 125• Productions: Fancy woolen
goods for men & women(especially shawls)
• 1886: Taken over by George E. Kunhardt
• Had 500,000 square feet of manufacturing space
• Produced: 2,080,000 yd per year
• 1923: employed 700 people
Henry K. Webster Co. Grist Mill
• Henry K. Webster founded a grist mill on the island in 1868.
• Was located on the island from 1868-1890
• 1890: moved to 24 West St.
• Became Blue Seal under his son Dean K. Webster
Resources
•Wadsworth, H.A., Quarter Centennial History of Lawrence,1878, Harmmon Reed, Lawrence Eagle Steam Job Printing Office•Dorgan, Maurice, B., History of Lawrence Mass. 1924, The Murray Printing Co, Cambridge
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