Mill History

These are histories of the mills of Holyoke that are near the Holyoke Canal System.  Click on the name of the mill to lead to its own page. Click on the location to get to an Open Street map. There was some child labor in Holyoke in the 1880s to the 1920s. PAGE

mill	information	origin	closed	location
Parsons	information	1853	2006	first
Lyman	information	1848	1927	first
Holyoke Paper	information	1857		second
Prentiss Wire	information	1857		first
Hadley Thread	information	1863		second
Beebe	information	1863		first
Holyoke Machine	information	1863
New York Woolen	information	1864		second
Whiting	information	1864		first
Merrick Thread	information	1865		first
Germania	information	1865		second
Riverside	information	1866		third
Valley	information	1866		second
Franklin	information	1866		third
Wauregan	information	1869		first
Albion	information	1869		second
Holyoke Steam Boiler	information	1869	near railroad
Holyoke Warp	information	1869		none
Connecticut River Paper Mill	information	1870	Union Paper	third
Springfield Blanket	information	1870		third
Crocker	information	1870		second
Beebe – Webber	information	1872		second
Newton Paper	information	1873		third
Massasoit	information	1873		first
Farr Alpaca	information	1873		first
Excelsior	information	1873
Massachusetts Screw	information	1873
Skinner Silk	information	1874	1961	first
Deane Pump (Worthington)	information	1875		none
Seymour Cutlery	information	1878		none
Buchanan and Bolt	information	1878		none
Chemical Paper	information	1880		third
Winona (Gill)	information	1880		second
Syms and Dudley (Mount Tom)	information	1880		second
Nonotuck	information	1880		second
Holyoke Envelope	information	1880
Hampden Glaze	information	1880	still exists	second
Whitmore	information	1880
National Blank Book	information	1881		second
Merrick Lumber	information	1881
Dickinson	information	1882		first
American Pad	information	1882	2005	none
Holyoke Manila Mill	information	1875		second
Connecticut River Pulp	information	1876		first
Norman	information	1910		second
Linden	information	1892		first
Hampden Cotton Mill	information			first
Coghlan’s Holyoke Steam Boiler	information
White and Wyckoff	information			second
General Electric	information			second
Holyoke Water Power Mill	information			first
Holyoke Wire Cloth	information
Berkshire Fine Spinning	information			first
American Tissue Mills	information			none
Eureka	information			none
Marvellum	information			none
Perfect Safety Paper	information			none
Connor Brothers Woolen Mill	information			first
Fenton and Dunn	information
Goddard Machine	information
Holyoke Hydrant and Iron Works	information
Hampden Paper Company	information
Ferry Mill	information
Chadwick Plush Company	information			first
Springfield Photo Mount	information			none
Taylor Burt Paper Mill	information			third
Holyoke Valve and Hydrant	information		45 Race and 150 Race
Bemis Paper	information
Riverview Machine	information		102 Cabot	first
Esleek Paper Mill	information
Holyoke Plush	information
Hazen Paper	information		200 Race	1925
Affleck Ruling and Stationery	information		18 North Bridge	1909
Mansir Printing	information		9 Suffolk	Jan 1 1924
Marcus Printing	information		109 Main
American Writing Paper	information
Powers Paper Mill	information		third
Essex Pad and Paper	information		North Summer and Lyman	1920s
Hadley Falls Paper	information			1872
National Paper Mill	information		west side of 2nd level canal
J & W Jolly	information		South East Street
Baker-Vawter	information

Loudville Mills fire

Most mills have Sanborn map to analyze and some have the

Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies