Wampanoag Mills

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caption = Wampanoag Mill No. 2
location= Fall River, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 41
lat_seconds = 20
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 8
long_seconds = 19
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
area =
built =1872
architect=
architecture= No Style Listed
added = February 16, 1983
governing_body = Private
mpsub=Fall River MRA
refnum=83000729cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Wampanoag Mills is a historic textile mill site located at 420 Quequechan Street in Fall River, Massachusetts.

The Wampanoag Mills company was formed in 1871 for the manufacture of cotton textiles. Mill No. 1 was built on Quequechan Street in 1872 from native Fall River granite. Mill No. 2 was constructed in 1877, with access from Alden Street, increasing total capacity to 45,500 spindles. The mills were steam-powered. An attached weave shed was also added to Mill No. 1.

The mills closed in 1929. [ [http://www.sailsinc.org/durfee/phillips2-14.pdf Phillips History of Fall River] ]

The site was added to the National Historic Register in 1983.

Since the 1980s, Mill No. 1 has housed various retail and factory outlet stores. Mill No. 2 formerly contained Fall River Knitting Mills (later known as Northeast Knitting Mills).

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in Fall River, Massachusetts
*List of mills in Fall River, Massachusetts

References