Lawrence Mills 1846- 1878

Ciara Mckinney, Waleska Velez, Luis Esmurria, Marcus

Jimenez, & Alexa Rizzo

Bay State Mill• 1ST mill in Lawrence• Built: Began February 1846

(before Lawrence was a city)• Capital: $1,800,000• # of Shares: 1,800• # of Looms: 710• # of Carding Machines: 93• Yearly Output: 520,000 yd

of cotton goods; 6,240,000 yd of dress goods; 1,040,000 yd of worsted; 2,080,000 yd of woolen

• Agent: G.V. Fox• President: Andrew T. Hall• Treasurer: Samuel Lawrence• Bookkeeper: A.P. Clark• 1878 Employees: 4,200

male/6,000 female• Became Washington Mills in

1878

Atlantic Cotton Mills• Built: Started February 1846

(second mill in Lawrence)• Opened: 1847• Capital: $1,500,000• # of Spindles: 56,000• # of Looms: 1,538• Kinds of Cloth Made: Sheeting &

Shirting• Produced: 23,200,000 yd of

cloth per year• Employees: 1,040 workers• Agent: J.C. Bowker• President: William Gray• Treasurer: Joseph P. Battles• Clerk: F. R. Vincent

Pacific Mills• Built: 1852• Had 12 mills &

buildings( 41 acres of floor space)

• Capital: $2,430,000• # of Spindles: 55,000• # of Looms: 1,219• 1878 Production:

65,000,000 yd of dress goods per year

• Employees: 5,360• Agent:William C. Chapin• President: George Lyman• Treasurer: J. Wyley

Edmonds

Pemberton Mill

• Incorporated: 1852• Collapsed: 1860• Reorganized: 1861• Capital: $500,000• Cotton Manufacturer#

of spindles: 30,000• Produced: 6,240,000

yd per year• # of Looms: 600• Employees: 875(650

women 225 men)• Agent: J.C.Chase• Treasurer: George

Howe

Lawrence Duck Co.

• Incorporated: 1853• Produced: Duck material for

sails & tents• Employees: 150• The Duck Bridge in

Lawrence gets its name because it is next the the Duck Mill.

Lawrence Woolen Company

• Incorporated: 1864(known as Perry Mill)

• Produced: 240,000 yd of woolens per year

• 1875 Employees: 125• Productions: Fancy woolen

goods for men & women(especially shawls)

• 1886: Taken over by George E. Kunhardt

• Had 500,000 square feet of manufacturing space

• Produced: 2,080,000 yd per year

• 1923: employed 700 people

Henry K. Webster Co. Grist Mill

• Henry K. Webster founded a grist mill on the island in 1868.

• Was located on the island from 1868-1890

• 1890: moved to 24 West St.

• Became Blue Seal under his son Dean K. Webster

Resources

•Wadsworth, H.A., Quarter Centennial History of Lawrence,1878, Harmmon Reed, Lawrence Eagle Steam Job Printing Office•Dorgan, Maurice, B., History of Lawrence Mass. 1924, The Murray Printing Co, Cambridge

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