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Charlton Mill is a historic textile mill at located 109 Howe Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. It was built in 1911, with Earl P. Charlton as president. Charlton was a successful businessman who had established a chain of 53 five and dime stores, and in 1912 became a co-founder of the F.W. Woolworth Company. The Charlton Mill was the last granite mill constructed in the city. The three story mill measures 374 feet long by 154 feet wide. It was powered by a 1,500 horsepower reciprocating steam engine and an 850 horsepower low steam turbine. The company also built a large one story weave shed to the north of the main mill (since demolished). Early plans included a second spinning mill to be located to the west of Mill No. 1, that was never built. The Charlton Mill provides a marked contrast to earlier mills built in Fall River by its extreme width and large windows.〔(HABS Record )〕 By 1917, it contained 55,992 spindles and 1,300 looms, for the manufacture of fine and fancy cotton goods.〔(1917) Textile World Journal, Clarence Hutton, Bragdon, Lord & Nagle, New York.〕 The company was sold in 1938.〔(1941) The Philips History of Fall River, Fasciles I, II, III, Arthur Sherman Philips, Dover Press, Fall River.〕 The mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. ==See also== *National Register of Historic Places listings in Fall River, Massachusetts *List of mills in Fall River, Massachusetts 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charlton Mill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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