Branch River Wool Combing Company Plant- North Smithfield RI
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nomadwillie
N 41° 59.830 W 071° 32.982
19T E 288823 N 4652607
The factory was built in 1924 and is huge. It sports a great mounted clock.
Waymark Code: WMQXKM
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 04/11/2016
Views: 4
Right at 2.6 m. is the Branch River Wool Combing Company Plant; in the fields on the opposite side of the highway are the abandoned quarries where the once famous Smithfield scythe stones were obtained. The mill scours and combs wool; it is so named because this part of North Smithfield was, and sometimes still is, called Branch Village for the BranchRiver (see above).
p.378 Rhode Island - A Guide to the Smallest State, 1937
Sitting back off the road quite aways is the old plant built in 1924. The Branch River Woolcombing Company was an offshoot of the Woonsocket mills. This site was easily accessible by street car and provided abundant labor, making it a nature compliment to the Woonsocket mills. The mill closed its doors in 1973. Today the factory is Banneker Industries a fulfillment processing center as well as other firms.
Book: Rhode Island
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 378
Year Originally Published: 1937
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