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Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Plainfield was originally named Quinebaug, and was renamed Plainfield in 1700.
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- 1770 - Plainfield Academy was founded in 1770, just prior to the Revolutionary War.
It’s purpose: “to provide improved facilities for the more complete education of the youth of the vicinity.” The founders, the Plainfield Academy Asso...Read MORE... 
Congregational Church, 1905
The First Congregational Church of Plainfield is a historic Congregational church at 519 Norwich Road in Plainfield, Connecticut. It was built in 1816, for a congregation founded in 1705. wikipedia
Postcard- 1819 - Plainfield
Plainfield, a post township, is situated in the southeastern section of the county, 41 miles east from Hartford, and 30 west from Providence; bounded ...Read MORE... 
1825 - A gang of counterfeiters has been discovered in Plainfield, Conn., at the house of one Ezekiel Hall, who was cashier of the company.
Hall was arrested, but three or four accomplices, all of whom ahve been inmates of Newgate, escaped. Two counterfeiters, old convicts, were at the sam...Read MORE...
The Plainfield Woolen Company's Mill and Office, Central Village, Conn.
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The Plainfield Woolen Company is located on the south side of the town's Centre Village, on the west side of Main Street near its junction with Norwich ... Read MORE...
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Plainfield, Connecticut
Windham county. Mooseup river affords this town a good water power, on which, in the pleasant villages of Unionville and Cent...Read MORE... 
Wauregan Mills, Wauregan, Conn.
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Wauregan, which means “Pleasant Valley” in Mohegan (a native tribe in the area), began in about 1850 when Amos D. Lockwood, bought water privileges and land on the east side of the Quinebaug... Read MORE...
Postcard- 1854 - Plainfield
Plainfield, a post-village in Windham co., Connecticut, on the Norwich and Worcester railroad, 45 miles E. from Hartford, contains an academy. Pop. of...Read MORE... 
Cranska Thread Mills
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Floyd Cranska, of Plainfield (Moosup), is a native of Thompson and was born September 16, 1849. He is the son of James and Asenath (Randall) Cranska. He was educated in the public schools and at the age ... Read MORE...
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Plainfield, a post-village of Windham co, Conn, in Plainfield township, on the Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad, at its junction with the Norw...Read MORE... - 1900 - C. H. CHICKERING'S WIDOWS - Four Women Claim the Estate of a Plainfield (Conn.) Man.
Special to the New York Times.
NEW HAVEN, Dec. 31. - The question as to how many widows C. H. Chickering, the former proprietor of the Plainfield (Co...Read MORE... 
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Depot, Plainfield, Conn.
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Lawton's Mill
The complex was started in 1905 by Harold Lawton, a superintendent at the Baltic Mill complex in Sprague, and doubled in size in 1911. Originally the site of a foundry in the 19th century, Lawton's mill turned out fine combed cotton ... Read MORE...
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Plainfield, a post-village of Windham Co., Conn., in Plainfield township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 16 miles NNE. of Norwich....Read MORE... - 1907 - WOMEN CAUSE STRIKE - Cotton Mills in Plainfield, Conn. Practically Close Down - WOULDN'T JOIN UNION
Union Workers Demanded Girl's Discharge and the Company Promptly Refused
Plainfield, Conn., Nov. 11 - The employment of three daughters of Simon Co...Read MORE... 
Bird's Eye View of Woolen Mills and Almyville, Conn.
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Aldrich Mfg. Co.'s Mill and Village, Moosup, Conn.
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Railroad Avenue
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Central Worsted Co., Central Village, Conn.
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American Woolen Co.
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Post Office
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St. John's Catholic Church, 1915
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Central Yarn Co., Central Village, Conn.
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Aldrich, Manfg. Co. Moosup, Conn.
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Plainfield Street, Plainfield, Conn.
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Glen Falls
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St. Paul's Church
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T. E. Maine and Son, Grain Mill and R.R. Bridge, Moosup, Conn.
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Brunswick Worsted Mills
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Cutler Mills, Packerville, Conn.
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Union Mill
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Plainfield, Connecticut, USA
Plainfield, Connecticut, USA
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Congregational Church, 1905
The First Congregational Church of Plainfield is a historic Congregational church at 519 Norwich Road in Plainfield, Connecticut. It was built in 1816, for a congregation founded in 1705. wikipedia)
Congregational Church, 1905
The First Congregational Church of Plainfield is a historic Congregational church at 519 Norwich Road in Plainfield, Connecticut. It was built in 1816, for a congregation founded in 1705. wikipedia
Plainfield, Connecticut, USA
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - The Plainfield Woolen Company's Mill and Office, Central Village, Conn.
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The Plainfield Woolen Company is located on the south side of the town's Centre Village, on the west side of Main Street near its junction with Norwich Road. It stands on 8 acres (3.2 ha) bounded by the road and the Moosup River, historically its source of power...
The site of the mill had been used at least since 1827, when a textile mill was established there. By the later decades of the 19th century, that mill had suffered from repeated flooding and increasing competition from more efficient producers, and had failed. The size and scale of the Plainfield Woolen Company operation was larger, and was focused in the production of high end woolen fabrics for use in men's suits and coats. At its peak it employed 300 people, with the machinery mainly operated by men. The mill remained in some sort of textile production, under a series of ownership changes, until 1984. wikipedia)
The Plainfield Woolen Company's Mill and Office, Central Village, Conn.
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The Plainfield Woolen Company is located on the south side of the town's Centre Village, on the west side of Main Street near its junction with Norwich ... Read MORE...
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Wauregan Mills, Wauregan, Conn.
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Wauregan, which means “Pleasant Valley” in Mohegan (a native tribe in the area), began in about 1850 when Amos D. Lockwood, bought water privileges and land on the east side of the Quinebaug River in present day Plainville. The Wauregan Mills Company became well-known for their specialty cotton goods, with an emphasis on cotton flannel sheeting. The first mill building was constructed in 1853 of local stone and comprised of a singular four-story building. Within five years, Lockwood sold the mill and the surrounding land for much more than he invested to James S. Atwood, who sought to develop a “model hamlet” around the mill building which would allow factory employees to live and shop near their work...
On August 1955, torrential rains from Hurricanes Connie and Diane caused many dams along the Quinebaug River to break, including the one at Wauregan. The mill was flooded to the level of the first floor ceilings. Workers tried to salvage as much cloth, raw materials and machinery as they could but ultimately the company lost more than $1,500,000. In 1957, James Arthur Atwood III, grandson of James S. Atwood, and the rest of the company directors decided to cease all operations resulting in the company’s final closing.
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Wauregan Mills, Wauregan, Conn.
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Wauregan, which means “Pleasant Valley” in Mohegan (a native tribe in the area), began in about 1850 when Amos D. Lockwood, bought water privileges and land on the east side of the Quinebaug... Read MORE...
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Cranska Thread Mills
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Floyd Cranska, of Plainfield (Moosup), is a native of Thompson and was born September 16, 1849. He is the son of James and Asenath (Randall) Cranska. He was educated in the public schools and at the age of nineteen removed to Grosvenordale, where he was engaged as an assistant station agent and postmaster of the village. Soon after he accepted a position with the Grosvenordale Mfg. Co. as head clerk and paymaster of their mills. After a faithful service of ten years, he severed his connection with this company and in January, 1880, upon purchasing the cotton mill at Moussup, formerly known as the Gladding mill, bean there the manufacture of cotton yarns for the weaving trade. Mr. Cranska made improvements in the mill, introducing machinery for the manufacture of a high grade of thread yarns. The superior quality of the production of the mill created a steady demand for its goods, and in 1886 the capacity of the mill was doubled by the erection of a stone addition...
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Cranska Thread Mills
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Floyd Cranska, of Plainfield (Moosup), is a native of Thompson and was born September 16, 1849. He is the son of James and Asenath (Randall) Cranska. He was educated in the public schools and at the age ... Read MORE...
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Depot, Plainfield, Conn.)
Depot, Plainfield, Conn.
Plainfield, Connecticut, USA
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Lawton's Mill
The complex was started in 1905 by Harold Lawton, a superintendent at the Baltic Mill complex in Sprague, and doubled in size in 1911. Originally the site of a foundry in the 19th century, Lawton's mill turned out fine combed cotton textiles, reaching a maximum capacity of 130,000 spindles and employing as many as 1,200 people. Between 1906 and 1911 Lawton built 125 Colonial Revival duplexes as housing for some of those workers. The success of the mill prompted the growth of Plainfield's commercial district, including the construction of an opera house, bank, and several large commercial blocks. The company suffered financial reverses during the Great Depression, and closed in 1936. wikipedia)
Lawton's Mill
The complex was started in 1905 by Harold Lawton, a superintendent at the Baltic Mill complex in Sprague, and doubled in size in 1911. Originally the site of a foundry in the 19th century, Lawton's mill turned out fine combed cotton ... Read MORE...
Plainfield, Connecticut, USA
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Bird's Eye View of Woolen Mills and Almyville, Conn.
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Bird's Eye View of Woolen Mills and Almyville, Conn.
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Aldrich Mfg. Co.'s Mill and Village, Moosup, Conn.
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Aldrich Mfg. Co.'s Mill and Village, Moosup, Conn.
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Railroad Avenue)
Railroad Avenue
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Central Worsted Co., Central Village, Conn.
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Central Worsted Co., Central Village, Conn.
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - American Woolen Co.
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American Woolen Co.
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Plainfield Street, Plainfield, Conn.)
Plainfield Street, Plainfield, Conn.
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - St. John's Catholic Church, 1915)
St. John's Catholic Church, 1915
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Central Yarn Co., Central Village, Conn.
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Central Yarn Co., Central Village, Conn.
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Aldrich, Manfg. Co. Moosup, Conn.
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Aldrich, Manfg. Co. Moosup, Conn.
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Glen Falls
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Glen Falls
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - St. Paul's Church)
St. Paul's Church
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - T. E. Maine and Son, Grain Mill and R.R. Bridge, Moosup, Conn.
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T. E. Maine and Son, Grain Mill and R.R. Bridge, Moosup, Conn.
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Brunswick Worsted Mills
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Brunswick Worsted Mills
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Cutler Mills, Packerville, Conn.
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Cutler Mills, Packerville, Conn.
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 (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - Union Mill
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1770 - Plainfield Academy was founded in 1770, just prior to the Revolutionary War.
It’s purpose: “to provide improved facilities for the more complete education of the youth of the vicinity.” The founders, the Plainfield Academy... Read MORE...
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1819 - Plainfield
Plainfield, a post township, is situated in the southeastern section of the county, 41 miles east from Hartford, and 30 west from Providence; bounded ... Read MORE...
1825 - A gang of counterfeiters has been discovered in Plainfield, Conn., at the house of one Ezekiel Hall, who was cashier of the company.
Hall was arrested, but three or four accomplices, all of whom ahve been inmates of Newgate, escaped. Two counterfeiters, old convicts, were at the... Read MORE...
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1839 - Plainfield
Plainfield, Connecticut
Windham county. Mooseup river affords this town a good water power, on which, in the pleasant villages of Unionville and... Read MORE...
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1854 - Plainfield
Plainfield, a post-village in Windham co., Connecticut, on the Norwich and Worcester railroad, 45 miles E. from Hartford, contains an academy. Pop.... Read MORE...
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1895 - Plainfield
Plainfield, a post-village of Windham co, Conn, in Plainfield township, on the Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad, at its junction with the... Read MORE...
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1900 - C. H. CHICKERING'S WIDOWS - Four Women Claim the Estate of a Plainfield (Conn.) Man.
Special to the New York Times.
NEW HAVEN, Dec. 31. - The question as to how many widows C. H. Chickering, the former proprietor of the Plainfield... Read MORE...
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Plainfield, a post-village of Windham Co., Conn., in Plainfield township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 16 miles NNE. of... Read MORE...
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1907 - WOMEN CAUSE STRIKE - Cotton Mills in Plainfield, Conn. Practically Close Down - WOULDN'T JOIN UNION
Union Workers Demanded Girl's Discharge and the Company Promptly Refused
Plainfield, Conn., Nov. 11 - The employment of three daughters of Simon... Read MORE...
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