History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ^^^.~-^-. There he had previously been engaged inthe production of horse blankets for thearmy and navy. He purchased from Wil-liam Miller and James O. Clark the flannelfactory of the former, and grist-mill andsaw-mill of the latter, together with the en-tire water privilege of the Mousam Riverat this point. Mr. Goodall bejan immediately the en-largement of the property, and early in thefollowing year, had two sets of cards andten looms in motion, the entire plant, at thattime giving employment to fifty operati
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ^^^.~-^-. There he had previously been engaged inthe production of horse blankets for thearmy and navy. He purchased from Wil-liam Miller and James O. Clark the flannelfactory of the former, and grist-mill andsaw-mill of the latter, together with the en-tire water privilege of the Mousam Riverat this point. Mr. Goodall bejan immediately the en-largement of the property, and early in thefollowing year, had two sets of cards andten looms in motion, the entire plant, at thattime giving employment to fifty operatives,in the production of carriage robes and Ker-sey blankets. These carriage robes w^ere thevery first of the kind to be manufactured inthe United States. The products of his plant—the SanfordMills—finding a ready market, with an everincreasing demand, further enlargements be-came necessary for the accommodation ofconstantly augmented manufacturing facili-ties, until today, the Sanford Mills turn outan annual product valued at several millions Plant of Sanford Mills Reading, Mass.^ Dep
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