Cotton Hollow Mill, South Glastonbury
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1885
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 1/8 x 7 7/8in. (13 x 20cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionRoaring Brook flowing between industrial stone factory mill below a dam and steep hill. Houses of what was known as Cotton Factory Village are in center background behind a smokestack. Water towers are on right, a cupola is on building on left. Inscription on back: "Cotton Hollow / So. Glastonbury, CT"
Object number1982.65.21
InscribedOn verso: "Cotton Hollow / So. Glastonbury, CT"NotesSubject Note: In 1814, Hartford Manufacturing Co. took over a gun powder mill to produce cotton sheeting and built company housing for employees taking advantage of a fifty foot stone dam and is identified in 1834 John Warner Barber drawings. J. W. Purtill Co. operated a paper mill around 1900 until it burned down in 1920.On View
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