Hartford Woolen Mill
Here's your jigsaw: Hartford Woolen Mill
The Hartford Woolen Mill once stood on the south bank of the White River across from Hartford Village, which was called White River Village until the 1850s.
The bridge to the right was used until recently when it was replaced by the new span that stretches from the foot of Christian Street to the former mill site.
A dam had been built in 1797. By the 1850s there was a tannery and sawmill, as well as Sylvester Morris' mill for grinding plaster into fertilizer. Morris added machinery to produce chairs, eventually employing 40 people and producing up to 12,000 chairs a year. In 1886, they built the four-story Hartford Woolen Mill, using the original canal for power.
Here’s another photo looking downriver to the mill village
The mill closed in 1957.
Courtesy Hartford Historical Society
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Cameron Cross
The Curioustorian