Dwight Mill in Chicopee
The Dwight Mill came in last of the three mills. They started here in 1841. The had three major mills between the canal and the river. These thusly used hydromechanical power.
Only mill number 7 is the original. (LOCATION)
Edmund Dwight the founder of the canal and the company died in 1848. FINDAGRAVE – in that year in the three mills there were 786 looms and 28,576 spindles.
In 1856 the Dwight Manufacturing Company was created as a combination of Cabot, Perkins, and Dwight.