Middletown, Connecticut, USA

The Rockfall Woolen Co.

THE ROCKFALL WOOLLEN COMPANY.-In July 1882, a company known as the Rockfall Woolen Company, for the manufacture of woollen blankets etc., was organized. The old brick building at Staddle Hill, formerly owned and used by Colonel NORTH as a pistol factory, was purchased by the company. The building is 35 by 85 feet, three stories high, with a dye house 55 by 53 feet, two stories high. About 600 pounds of wool are used daily in the manufacture of these goods, giving employment to about 30 hands. The machinery is of the latest and most improved pattern, and requires about 40 horse power to run it. The incorporators of the company were Jonathan A. LANE, Fred. D. ALLEN, Joseph MERRIAM, William J. MITCHELL, John J. BOCKER, and Allen LANE & Company. The officers are Jonathan A. LANE, president; Joseph MERRIAM, secretary and treasurer.

The History of Middlesex County 1635-1885
J. H. Beers & Co., 36 Vesey Street, New York
1884