Distant view of Dunham Mills, Poquonock (Windsor)
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1878
MediumPhotography; gelatin silve print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 1/8 x 7 1/16in. (13 x 18cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Object number2000.185.25
DescriptionLarge stone and brick industrial buildings seen across mill pond on the Farmington River. The dam is at the left. One of the buildings has a smokestack, dormers and a square tower. The right building has a mansard roof. An iron exterior staircase runs down the side of the left building. Inscribed on back: "Dunham Mills / First Worsted Mill / in U.S. / Poquonock, Conn., town of Windsor." "Alfred Dieu came from France. All French Machinery."
NotesDate Note: Althought the date 1878 is inscribed on the verso of the photograph and accords with the dates when the buiilding was known as Dunham Mills, the photograph itself must have been made substantially later, possibly as late as the mid-twentieth century.Subject Note: In 1873, Austin Dunham & Sons of Hartford started manufacturing worsted yarn in the old stone mill, called the Tunxis Mill, at Poquonock. Other buildings were added later. In 1880, the name was changed to Tunxis Worsted Company.
Status
Not on view
1890-1915
