Esmond Mills - Smithfield RI
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nomadwillie
N 41° 52.549 W 071° 29.952
19T E 292612 N 4639008
The Esmond Mills dominate the area along Waterman Ave.
Waymark Code: WMRNAD
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2016
Views: 4
On Esmond St. near the village center is the old Allenville Mill, a twoand-a-half-story stone building with gable roof, now housing the Esmond Post Office. Governor Philip Allen (1851-53) built this mill in 1813; it is the only remaining part of a group of early textile factories. The offices of the Esmond Mills (est. 1907) (Display Room open) are across the street; this plant, employing nearly a thousand workers, manufactures the well known Esmond blankets.
p.387 Rhode Island, A Guide to the Smallest State, 1937
The tall chimney with the wording Esmond Mills still dominates the immediate area. Today the mill is occupied by Benny's Stores corporate offices, Island Basket Trading Co and other industrial companies.
Book: Rhode Island
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 387
Year Originally Published: 1937
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