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The Valley Queen Mill is an historic mill at 700 Providence Street in West Warwick, Rhode Island. It is a five-story L-shaped stone building built in 1834 by the Greene Company.〔 The mill is the oldest of the three mill buildings in the area. It originally operated as a cotton factory, producing coarse cotton cloths under the Greene Company name. In 1888, B.B.& R. Knight Company, the textile giant that made Fruit of the Loom products, purchased the Valley Queen Mill, and enlarged the plant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NRHP nomination for Valley Queen Mill )〕 B.B &.R. Knight was a complete textile operation with combing, spinning and weaving facilities. In 1931, the McIver Family, which owned The Original Bradford Soap Works, bought the Valley Queen Mill after B.B. & R Knight Company went bankrupt. In the 1960s, the Howland Family took over the business. Under the leadership of the Howland family, today (Bradford Soap Works ) manufactures high quality bar soaps and soap bases in the Valley Queen Mill building. The mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.〔 ==See also== *National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Rhode Island 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「Valley Queen Mill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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