1900

Mill office building, now 3 Ferry Street, opens; Ferry Street mills spun off from WBMCo to Hampton Company

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1899

West Boylston Manufacturing Co (WBMCo). buys the now-bankrupt Easthampton Spinning company; moves operations and several hundred French-Canadian workers from West Boylston to Easthampton

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1892

Mill closes; company reorganized into The Easthampton Spinning Co.; mill re-opens

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1879-1884

Teen workers stage a series of strikes to fight wage cuts, with some success. Work week is 60 hours

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1864

Williston mill expanded with the construction of what is now 5 Ferry Street. Mill utilized a 240-horsepower Corliss steam engine

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1860

First Williston spinning mill built. Manufactured cotton yarn and tent cloth for for the Army during the Civil War

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1790

First mill on the site, a sawmill, on Broad Brook, downstream from One Ferry Street

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