1900
August 28, 2020
Mill office building, now 3 Ferry Street, opens; Ferry Street mills spun off from WBMCo to Hampton Company
1899
August 28, 2020
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
1892
August 28, 2020
Mill closes; company reorganized into The Easthampton Spinning Co.; mill re-opens
1879-1884
August 28, 2020
Teen workers stage a series of strikes to fight wage cuts, with some success. Work week is 60 hours
1864
August 27, 2020
Williston mill expanded with the construction of what is now 5 Ferry Street. Mill utilized a 240-horsepower Corliss steam engine
1860
August 27, 2020
First Williston spinning mill built. Manufactured cotton yarn and tent cloth for for the Army during the Civil War
1790
August 27, 2020
First mill on the site, a sawmill, on Broad Brook, downstream from One Ferry Street