Crescent Mill
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Crescent Mill is an historic cotton textile mill located at 30 Front Street in Fall River, Massachusetts
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The mill was organized in 1871 and built in 1872 from native Fall River granite
in the Italianate style. It had a capacity of 33,280 spindles. Benjamin Covel served as the company's first president. The mill was sold to Merchants Manufacturing Company in 1893, and became known as Merchant's Mill No. 3.
The Crescent Mill was added to the National Historic Register in 1983.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located about south of Boston, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and west of New Bedford and south of Taunton. The city's population was 88,857 during the 2010 census, making it the tenth largest city in...
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The mill was organized in 1871 and built in 1872 from native Fall River granite
Fall River granite
Fall River Granite is a Precambrian bedrock underlying the City of Fall River, Massachusetts and surrounding areas along the eastern shores of Narragansett Bay. It was formed 600 million years ago, as part of the Avalon terrane....
in the Italianate style. It had a capacity of 33,280 spindles. Benjamin Covel served as the company's first president. The mill was sold to Merchants Manufacturing Company in 1893, and became known as Merchant's Mill No. 3.
The Crescent Mill was added to the National Historic Register in 1983.