Laurel Lake Mills

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caption = Mill No. 1
location= Fall River, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 41
lat_seconds = 20
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 10
long_seconds = 24
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
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added = February 16, 1983
governing_body = Private
mpsub=Fall River MRA
refnum=83004612 [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MA/Bristol/state.html National Register of Historic Places] ]

Laurel Lake Mills is an historic textile mill site located at 951 Broadway in Fall River, Massachusetts.

The company was organized in 1881 for the manufacture of cotton yarns, with John P. Slade its first president. [ [http://www.sailsinc.org/durfee/phillips2-14.pdf Phillips History of Fall River] ] Mill No. 1 was built soon after.The attached Mill No. 2 was later added. The mills were steam powered and are constructed of native Fall River granite.

Production of textiles ceased in 1931.

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

ee also

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

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