Ashton Mill - Cumberland RI
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nomadwillie
N 41° 56.254 W 071° 25.943
19T E 298352 N 4645705
Built in 1867 by the Lonsdale Company. Today the factory has been converted to residential property
Waymark Code: WMT3AV
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2016
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The mill was constructed by the Lonsdale Company to expand its operation at Ashton, replacing an earlier mill on the other side of the Blackstone in Lincoln. Originally powered both by water and by steam engine, it produced cotton textiles. The Ashton Mill was the site of the first large-scale test of the Sawyer spindle, one of the earliest high-speed spindles developed in the United States.
Today the mill is the The River Lofts at Ashton Mill.
Address::
51 Front st
Cumberland , RI
Year built: 1867
Year converted: 2012
Web page: [Web Link]
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