. Picturesque Burlington : a handbook of Burlington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain . One of the oldest and the largest of Burlingtons manufactur-ing corporations is the Burlington Woolen Company, with itsimmense factories and other interests on theWinooski river at the. RESIDENCE OE JOHN J. ALLEN. Falls. The first mill of this company—which still stands as thecentre of the woolen mill, was built in 1S35, on a historic site—the old shipyard where Ira Allen built the Liberty, the firstschooner built in these parts, and near the site of Ira Allensmills. The corporation which built this mill was com
. Picturesque Burlington : a handbook of Burlington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain . One of the oldest and the largest of Burlingtons manufactur-ing corporations is the Burlington Woolen Company, with itsimmense factories and other interests on theWinooski river at the. RESIDENCE OE JOHN J. ALLEN. Falls. The first mill of this company—which still stands as thecentre of the woolen mill, was built in 1S35, on a historic site—the old shipyard where Ira Allen built the Liberty, the firstschooner built in these parts, and near the site of Ira Allensmills. The corporation which built this mill was composed of 166 PICTURESQUE BURLINGTON. some of the well-known business men of Burlington at that time,namely: Harry Bradley, John H. Peck, Sidney Barlow, CarlosBaxter, Elias Lyman, George Moore and others. This mill was150 feet long and contained fifteen sets of woolen machinery. Itwas built before the days of railroads and the machiner} wasbrought through the Lake. The manufactured goods, which con-sisted of first-class broad-cloths and cassimeres, were sent by teamto Boston. After various reverses there was a change in owner-ship and new stockholders took the mill in 1837. About 1840 a Boston house bought the property and operatedthe mill till 1848 ; but w
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