• Unknown (photographer)
• Forbes Albertype (role unspecified)

Floor view of construction of the Willimantic Company’s new mill, no. 4, town of Willimantic, now Windham, Connecticut, United States

1879-1883

Albumen silver print

comp.: 25.4 x 33.5 cm secondary support: 44.5 x 54 cm

PH1989:0001:009

- There is foxing and water damage on mount.

inscribed - on mount below image, l.l.: “Mill 820 feet long, 174 feet wide, with / two Wings, 81x48 feet. Four Porches / 45x32 feet. / Boiler House 80x80 feet. / 303,000 square feet floor surface. / 5,500 cubic yards stone work.” inscribed - on mount below image, l.c.: “FLOOR VIEW. / IN CONSTRUCTION–TAKEN 90 DAYS AFTER WORK WAS COMMENCED. / WILLIMANTIC CO.’S NEW MILL, NO. 4. / WILLIMANTIC, CONN. / 50,000 SPINDLES.” inscribed - on mount below image, l.r.: “1,900,000 Brick. / 450,000 feet Timber. 1,500,000 feet Lumber. / 30,000 cubic yards earth removed.”