Merrimack Woolen Mills Photographs, 1940-1944
Collection Number: 6782 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Merrimack Woolen Mills Photographs, 1940-1944
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6782 P
Abstract:
Photographs of Merrimack Woolen Mills construction and completed mill.
Creator:
Merrimack Woolen Mills
Quanitities:
1 folders
Language:
Collection material in English
Photographs of Merrimack Woolen Mills construction and completed mill.
Includes images of land clearing, excavation, and construction for new mill in Dracut,
Massachusetts. Also includes an image of skinner engine installed in the mill in 1944.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Merrimack Woolen Mills Photographs #6782 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Aero Scenic Airviews Co.
M.T. Stevens & Sons Co., Inc.
Merrimack Woolen Mills (Dracut, Mass.)
Subjects:
Textile factories
Woolen and worsted manufacture.
Textile factories--Design and construction
Steam-engines
Skinner Engine Company
Franklin (N.H.)
Franklin Falls (Franklin, N.H.)
Franklin Mills (Franklin, N.H.)
Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.)
Dracut (Mass.)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Merrimack Woolen Mills construction
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1940-1944 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 1: Aerial view of Merrimack Woolen Mills, Dracut, Mass.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, [before 1940]. Image depicts the Merrimack Woolen Mills complex
in Dracut, Mass., in the center of the photo; houses visible in lower foreground and
upper background. The body of water is Beaver Brook; the complex sits at the lower
falls of Beaver Brook. 25.25 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 2: Excavation for new mill.
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1940 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the excavation
work for the new mill on March 21, 1940. Excavating equipment in the background. 24.5
x 19.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 3: Test for foundation.
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1940 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a wooden platform
in an open area loaded with bags of sugar, apparently as a test for the foundation,
March 21, 1940. Body of water (Beaver Brook?) seen in background. 24.5 x 19.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 4: Excavation area cleared for new mill.
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1940 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the cleared
excavation area for the new mill, March 21, 1940. Body of water (Beaver Brook?) is
seen in background, with houses on the far side of the pond/brook. 24.5 x 19.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 5: View of construction
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1940 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a view of
the ongoing construction of the new mill, May 21, 1940. Foundation has been laid;
framework is beginning. Construction workers visible in middle ground and background;
construction vehicle in background. See item 6 in this folder for a view of the same
area from a different angle. 24.5 x 19.75 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 6: View of construction.
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1940 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a view of
the ongoing construction of the new mill, May 21, 1940. Foundation has been laid;
framework is beginning. Construction workers and vehicles visible in middle ground
and background; houses in background. See item 5 in this folder for a view of the
same area from a different angle. 24.5 x 19.75 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 7: Engineering sighting in construction area.
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1940 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a view of
the ongoing construction of the new mill, May 21, 1940. A construction worker or engineer
is taking a sighting in the middle of the foundation area. Construction workers visible
at the top of the framework. 24.5 x 19.75 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 8: New building completed.
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1940 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a view of
the completed new building of the Merrimack Woolen Mills, probably November 1940.
Building is four-story multi-colored brick; reflected in pond in foreground. Written
on reverse: "Merrimac Woolen Mill. Work started Thursday, February 29, 1940. Work
finished November 1, 1940. R.S. Runnels, Lowell contractors." 24.5 x 19.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 9: Skinner Steam Engine in Merrimack Woolen Mills, Dracut, Mass.
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1944 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver prin. Image depicts a Skinner steam
engine installed in the Merrimack Woolen Mills in Dracut, Mass. (owned by M.T. Stevens
& Sons Co., Inc.). 25 x 20.25 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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