Waucantuck Mill Complex
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Waucantuck Mill Complex | |
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Remaining storage building of Waukantuck Mill Complex; Remainder was razed due to EPA rules | |
| Location | Mendon and Patrick Henry Sts., Uxbridge, Massachusetts |
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| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| Built | 1838 |
| Governing body | Private |
| MPS | Uxbridge MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | 84002921[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 20, 1984 |
The Waucantuck Mill Complex was a mill complex in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Despite its 2010 demolition, (except for a historic storage building) it is still listed on the National Historic Register. The Original Luke Taft Mill, built in 1824, on the West River (Massachusetts) was very close to the present site of the Waucatuck Mill complex. The Waucantuck complex was planned for a condominium and retail complex, underway in 2009. Both are very close to and virtually part of the Wheelocksville Historic District, where the Stanley Woolen Mill was built in 1852.
The structure was razed in 2010 because of contaminated industrial wastes, and the main complex is gone, with the exception of one or more storage buildings, though the site remains. A historic marker is planned. The site is the geographic center of the John H. Chaffee Blackstone River Valley National Historic Corridor, a region of national significance to the earliest industrialization of the United States. The Luke Taft Mill, and its successors were important footnotes in the early textile industry of the US. Innovations here included power looms, satinets, mixed textile blends, and wash and wear fabrics.[2])[3][4]
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ "Taft descendents". Rootsweb. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
- ↑ "Uxbridge, A Walking Tour". Blackstone Daily. 1999. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
- ↑ Crane, Ellery Bicknell (1907). Historic Homes and Genealogies; Worcester, Massachusetts. The Lewis Publishing Company. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
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