. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . e manufac-ture of sash and doors. It was lastly used for a granite-polishingshop by John Swenson and others. It was taken down in 1899and a new building erected for the same business. In 1847 the first part of the present Dustin Island WoolenMills (the part built of stone) was erected by Dea. Almon Harris,who came from Nelson, N. H., and began the manufacture ofwoolen cloth on the site of the old carding mill, which businesshas been largely increased by additions to the building andmachinery, and continued successf
. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . e manufac-ture of sash and doors. It was lastly used for a granite-polishingshop by John Swenson and others. It was taken down in 1899and a new building erected for the same business. In 1847 the first part of the present Dustin Island WoolenMills (the part built of stone) was erected by Dea. Almon Harris,who came from Nelson, N. H., and began the manufacture ofwoolen cloth on the site of the old carding mill, which businesshas been largely increased by additions to the building andmachinery, and continued successfully to the present day by hissons and grandsons. In 1894 this business was incorporatedunder the name of Dustin Island Woolen Mills, its location beingbut a short distance from, and in full view of, the famous Dustinisland. Robert L. Harris is the present superintendent, andAlmon G. Harris is the treasurer. These managers are enter-prising business men, and are keeping their mill well suppliedwith new and improved machinery. The number of handsemployed at present is MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. 29 The flour mill at the lower end of Commercial street, and nearthe Gage sawmill, was built in 1857 by John H. Pearson & Co.,of Concord, who then began a business which has been growingin amount and value to the present day. The ownership of thismill has changed several times, first to Barron, Dodge & Co., thento Whitcher & Stratton, next to Stratton, Merrill & Co., and lastlyto Stratton & Co.; but the quality of the product has alwaysbeen kept up to the highest standard, and this miH is to-day thelargest and best flour mill in New England. The office and sales-rooms of the firm are at Concord. The daily production of themills is three hundred barrels of flour and five hundred bushels ofcorn meal, which is marketed in New England. This firm hasalso a large barrel factory and storehouse located near the mainline of the Boston & Maine Railroad. On the south side of the river at the
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