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Title
Hockanum
Company
,
Rockville
(Vernon)
Place
Hockanum River (Conn.)
Vernon (Conn.)
196 West Street (Rockville, Conn.)
Topic
Industrial buildings
Textile industry
Factories
Woolen and worsted manufacture
Roads, Earth
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Hockanum Mills Company
Theme
Livelihood
Description
Dirt
street
with
masonry
sidewalks
. On
right
is
large
industrial
factory
complex
of
clapboard
and
masonry
buildings
of the
Hockanum
Company
Mill
. On the
left
and
streetside
is
a
tower
capped
with a
large
open
cupola
with
weathervane
. There
is
a
woman
in a
blouse
and
ankle
length
skirt
on the
sidewalk
. A
horse-drawn
carriage
in
is
the
street
near
a
tree
.
Three
houses
are
visible
along
the
street
. There
is
a
one
and a
half
story
Second
Empire
house
to the
right
of the
mill
that
appears
to
belong
to the
complex
. A
tall
smokestack
is
in the
middle
of the
image
as
well
as a
row
of
utility
poles
.
Inscription
on
back
: "
No
.
23
,
Hockanum
Co
.
Mill
,
Rockville
,
Conn
/
mark
publ
by The
August
Schmelzer
Co
.,
Meriden
,
Conn.
"; "
Hockanum
Co
.
Mill
,
Rockville
CT
.
Yellow
Brick
Chimney
,
white
and
red
brick
-
cement
rear
bldg
"
Stamp
on
back
:
P
.
22
Nov
,
1910
;
L
.
24
Nov
1910
.<br>
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
. <br>
Photograph
taken
for
August
Schmelzer
Company
and
sent
to
Germany
to be
made
into a
postcard
. <br>
Established
in
1809
and
incorporated
in
1836
, the
Hockanum
Company
Mills
were
located
at
196
West
Street
in
Rockville
, on the
Hockanum
River
. They
manufactured
fine
worsted
and
woolen
textiles
,
specializing
in "
cassimeres
"
[cashmeres?]
<br>
Date created
[ca
.
1910]
Physical format
1
photographic
print
;
13
x
18
cm
.<br>
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
1983.121.49
<br>
File
name
0540
img0030.pcd
<br>
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
, The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
Sub-collection
Photographs
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