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Springville Mill, Hockanum Mills Company, Rockville (Vernon).
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| Title main | Springville Mill, Hockanum Mills Company, Rockville (Vernon). |
| Subject | Vernon (Conn.)
Rockville (Conn.)
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| Subject | Industrial buildings
Textile industry
Factories
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| Subject | Springville Manufacturing Company
Hockanum Mills Company
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| Category | Livelihood
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| Description | Four-story masonry brick factory building with arched windows and central tower with open top level and ventilated spired roof. Ivy on right side of tower. A masonry retaining wall with metal [iron?] railing and hedgerow is in foreground with trees and bushes at either end. A tall smokestack is in background to the right of the tower. There is a utility pole at the front right corner of the buildings. There is a small metal frame at the peak of the tower roof. Inscription on back: "No. 20; Springville Mill, Rockville Conn / mark publ by The August Schmelzer Co., Meriden Conn.""Springville Mill, Rockville, CT. Red brick, B. S. trim." Stamp on back: "P. 23 Nov. 1910; L. 24 Nov 1910"
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| Description notes | Title supplied by cataloger.
In 1920, the Hockanum Mills Company included the Hockanum Company, Springville Manufacturing, New England Company, Minterburn Mills, J. J. Regan Manufacturing and the American Mills.
Photograph taken for August Schmelzer Company and sent to Germany to be made into a postcard.
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| Date created | [ca. 1910] |
| Format extent | 1 photographic print ; 13 x 18 cm.
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| Format medium | image/jpeg |
| Identifier | Accession number 1983.121.52
File name 0540 img0025.pcd
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| Source | The Connecticut Historical Society. |
| Rights | Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford. |
| SeqNum | 1498 |
| ObjCol | Photographs |
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