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Morse Mills
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"M. S. Morse and Co. began construction of this mill on the west bank of the Quinebaug River in 1846. Stonemason Lafayette Waters built this mill and the very similar Nightingale and Allen mill across the river, also begun in 1846. Morse and the Nightingale firm combined in 1861 to build the dam, and shared equally the 360 horsepower the dam afforded. After the dam was built Morse withdrew from major involvement with the east-bank mills, but Nightingale retained shares in the Morse operation. In 1870 Morse employed 52 men, 44 women and 29 children to run 9,046 spindles and 200 looms in manufacture of cotton sheetings. By 1889 George M. Morse headed a new firm that controlled the mills on both sides of the river. Frame mill houses stand west of the Morse Mill along Church and Morse Sts. The mill has been converted to a cold storage warehouse. (Roth)" connecticutmills.org
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Morse Mills
museumofcthistory.org
"M. S. Morse and Co. began construction of this mill on the west bank of the Quinebaug River in 1846. Stonemason Lafayette Waters built this mill and the very similar Nightingale and Allen mill across the river, also begun in 1846. Morse and the Nightingale firm combined in 1861 to build the dam, and shared equally the 360 horsepower the dam afforded. After the dam was built Morse withdrew from major involvement with the east-bank mills, but Nightingale retained shares in the Morse operation. In 1870 Morse employed 52 men, 44 women and 29 children to run 9,046 spindles and 200 looms in manufacture of cotton sheetings. By 1889 George M. Morse headed a new firm that controlled the mills on both sides of the river. Frame mill houses stand west of the Morse Mill along Church and Morse Sts. The mill has been converted to a cold storage warehouse. (Roth)" connecticutmills.org
Postcard
Posted in the Past: Revealing the true stories written on a postcard
 - Morse Mills
museumofcthistory.org
"M. S. Morse and Co. began construction of this mill on the west bank of the Quinebaug River in 1846. Stonemason Lafayette Waters built this mill and the very similar Nightingale and Allen mill across the river, also begun in 1846. Morse and the Nightingale firm combined in 1861 to build the dam, and shared equally the 360 horsepower the dam afforded. After the dam was built Morse withdrew from major involvement with the east-bank mills, but Nightingale retained shares in the Morse operation. In 1870 Morse employed 52 men, 44 women and 29 children to run 9,046 spindles and 200 looms in manufacture of cotton sheetings. By 1889 George M. Morse headed a new firm that controlled the mills on both sides of the river. Frame mill houses stand west of the Morse Mill along Church and Morse Sts. The mill has been converted to a cold storage warehouse. (Roth)" connecticutmills.org){kind=small}