Box 1

Photographs of Merrimack Woolen Mills construction and completed mill.

Includes images of land clearing, excavation, and construction for new mill in Dracut, Massachusetts. Also includes an image of skinner engine installed in the mill in 1944.

Gelatin silver print, [before 1940]. Image depicts the Merrimack Woolen Mills complex in Dracut, Mass., in the center of the photo; houses visible in lower foreground and upper background. The body of water is Beaver Brook; the complex sits at the lower falls of Beaver Brook. 25.25 x 20.5 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the excavation work for the new mill on March 21, 1940. Excavating equipment in the background. 24.5 x 19.5 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a wooden platform in an open area loaded with bags of sugar, apparently as a test for the foundation, March 21, 1940. Body of water (Beaver Brook?) seen in background. 24.5 x 19.5 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the cleared excavation area for the new mill, March 21, 1940. Body of water (Beaver Brook?) is seen in background, with houses on the far side of the pond/brook. 24.5 x 19.5 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a view of the ongoing construction of the new mill, May 21, 1940. Foundation has been laid; framework is beginning. Construction workers visible in middle ground and background; construction vehicle in background. See item 6 in this folder for a view of the same area from a different angle. 24.5 x 19.75 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a view of the ongoing construction of the new mill, May 21, 1940. Foundation has been laid; framework is beginning. Construction workers and vehicles visible in middle ground and background; houses in background. See item 5 in this folder for a view of the same area from a different angle. 24.5 x 19.75 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a view of the ongoing construction of the new mill, May 21, 1940. A construction worker or engineer is taking a sighting in the middle of the foundation area. Construction workers visible at the top of the framework. 24.5 x 19.75 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a view of the completed new building of the Merrimack Woolen Mills, probably November 1940. Building is four-story multi-colored brick; reflected in pond in foreground. Written on reverse: "Merrimac Woolen Mill. Work started Thursday, February 29, 1940. Work finished November 1, 1940. R.S. Runnels, Lowell contractors." 24.5 x 19.5 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

Marion Photographers, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver prin. Image depicts a Skinner steam engine installed in the Merrimack Woolen Mills in Dracut, Mass. (owned by M.T. Stevens & Sons Co., Inc.). 25 x 20.25 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.