Moffet Mill - Lincoln RI
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nomadwillie
N 41° 54.297 W 071° 25.513
19T E 298844 N 4642067
Built in 1812. the mill served as a machine shop and then a shoe-lace and braid factory.
Waymark Code: WMQXXE
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2016
Views: 3
Moffett Mill (not open), 1.5 m. (L), near another small bridge over the Moshassuck River, is a frame building on a stone foundation constructed about 1812. It was first used as a machine shop, then as a box shop, dyeing mill, and manufactory of shoe laces and braid. It came into the hands of the Moffett family about 1853, three generations of whom were wheelwrights. The now dismantled and vacant mill belongs to the Moffett estate.
p.383 Rhode Island - A Guide to the Smallest State, 1937
The mill stands much like it did back in the 19th century. There appears to be some substantial deterioration, but that gives it it's charm. Considering the town of Lincoln purchased Heartside right up the road, I am sure they will not let Moffett Mill go beyond the point of no return.
Book: Rhode Island
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 383
Year Originally Published: 1937
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