Perkins Mills
The Perkins Mills came next to this section of Chicopee. They built here in 1836. They also built two main mills and they built two secondary buildings in the front of the canal. (LOCATION) These buildings did not use canal power nor need it but they were for processing cotton before and after the production process.
Lewis Hines image of boy at these gates. (1912) – IMAGE
The storage building to the west is the only original structure left from the Perkins era and all other buildings are from when Dwight consolidated all production under their name.
In 1848 production in the Perkins was 428 looms and 14,973 spindles.