Canal Days

The Syms and Dudley or Mount Tom Paper Mill was built in 1880 along the Second Level Canal near the river. George Dudley and William Syms started the mill together. In 1893 they sold it and moved to Watervliet Michigan. The Nonotuck Paper Mill took it over and renamed it the Mount Tom Mill. The Syms and Dudley manufactured book and envelope paper. Also engine sized flat and ruled writings. In 1890 William Whiting is the president, George Dudley the treasurer, and William Syms the manager.

Sanborn map analysis

Sanborn 1884 map – not shown since it is mutual risk

Sanborn 1889 map – not shown since it is mutual risk

Sanborn 1895 map – called the Nonotuck mill 1

Sanborn 1915 map

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Sanborn 1956 map

The Holyoke Warp Company was formed in 1869 as a weaving mill. Warp and weave are the terms to denote the waving of fabric by machine. The warp is the holding of the fabric strains apart and the weaving is the drawing of the fabric though.

Sanborn map analysis:

Sanborn 1884 map shows that the mill exists but the Sanborn does not detail it

Sanborn 1889 map shows that the mill exists but the Sanborn does not detail it

Sanborn 1895 map

Sanborn 1915 map called the Highland

Sanborn 1949 map it is called the Highland Mill (paper)

Sanborn 1956 map it is called the Highland

The Buchanan and Bolt Company started in Holyoke in 1878 as started by Robert Buchanan and John Bolt.

One product that they made was dandy rolls. Read about the many watermarks of the USA HERE.

Sanborn map analysis:

Sanborn 1884 map – above the first level canal near Essex Street – in the Holyoke Water Power Co buildings that run parallel to the first level canal

Sanborn 1889 map – above the first level canal near Essex Street – in the Holyoke Water Power Co buildings that run parallel to the first level canal

Sanborn 1895 map they are hard to find since they are not on the map but on the 1894 Richards map they are on Winter Street.

Sanborn 1915 map at the corner of Appleton and Winter Streets

Sanborn 1949 map they are at the same location and now called the Sinclair Co

Sanborn 1956 map as the Sinclair

The Holyoke Envelope Company was started in 1880. It made millions of envelopes a year. It was also called the US Envelope Co. It was located at 642 Main Street.

It started near the Skinner Mill.

PICTURE

Sanborn map analysis:

Sanborn 1884 map – shows a vacant lot

Sanborn 1889 map

Sanborn 1895 map

Sanborn 1915 map is now called the US Envelope Co

Sanborn 1949 map now has the Crocker-McElwain and the Chemical Paper Co there

Sanborn 1956 map now has the Crocker-McElwain and the Chemical Paper Co there

The Whitmore Mill is from 1880. It was at the Holyoke Water Power Company’s Cabot Street Mill for a long time.

Sanborn map analysis

Sanborn 1884 map

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Sanborn 1915 map – at juncture of Appleton and Canal near end of 3rd canal

Sanborn 1947 map – Marvellum is there now

The Deane Pump and then Worthington Pump Company was formed in 1875 in Holyoke.

Sanborn map analysis:

Sanborn 1884 map they are near the Skinner Mill

Sanborn 1889 map

Sanborn 1895 map at the corner of Appleton and Canal – off Sanborn map

Sanborn 1915 map – map B

Sanborn 1949 map – map B

Sanborn 1956 map

The Winona Paper Mill was later called the Gill. It was founded in 1880 on the second level canal. It was renamed Gill Paper after the second owner George Gill who lived at 208 Northampton Street.

Sanborn map analysis:

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HISTORY

The Walsh Holyoke Steam Boiler firm is from 1869. They are on Mechanic Street which is a street that once existed as an extension of Bowers Street at the corner with Appleton.

Sanborn 1889 map – they are not there

Sanborn 1895 map – they are the Holyoke Steam Boiler Works

Sanborn 1915 map

Sanborn 1949 map

Sanborn 1956 map

The Chemical Paper Mill is a Newton family company. It was started in January 1880 along the Third Level Canal. It was also run by the Ramage family. They made animal sized writing paper. Other products are papeteries, bond and envelope papers, index bristols, and linen finished papers. Also white patent coated folding box boards, press and colored lined folding boards, white blanks, board specialties, and buff and white silk wrapping. Look at that product name: Superfine Manillas Tag and Box Papers.

It had 16 mill powers running 6 machines. 12 1200 pound and 2 1400 pound 11 800 pound and 13 1000 pound. Also 5 Jordan engines.

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The Germania was built by two brothers from Germany in 1865. Their names were  August and Hermann Stursberg.  Their mill number 2 is still around but the mill 1 is gone. They made wool products. These included chinchillas – overcoatings – kerseys – suitings – cloakings – worsteds – broadcloth – worsted yarns.

Sanborn map analysis:

Sanborn 1884 map

Sanborn 1889 map

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Sanborn 1949 map now known as the Livingston Worsted Mill but its main mill is gone and replaced by a larger storage mill

Sanborn 1956 mill is still the Livingston Worsted Mill