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149 Elm
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George Prentiss built the first Prentiss Wire Mill in 1857 on the First Level Canal. Mill number 1 closed in 1961 (and was razed in 1963) but the second mill is still there. He lived at 196 Northampton Street and his son lived at 207 Elm Street.
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Its main product was steel and iron wire.
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They would run the Holyoke Covered Wire Company out of their mill 2. This would be called also the Holyoke Company.
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Sanborn map analysis:
Sanborn 1889 map shows both mills