Rockville, Connecticut, USA

New England Mfg. Co., Rockville, Conn.
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THE NEW ENGLAND COMPANY.

The New England's group of buildings on Vernon Avenue include a large frame and brick structure, also dyehouse and boiler house, constituting an important factor in Rockville's industrial life. The finished product amounts to nearly 350,000
yards annually.

The plant will compare favorably with the other plants in the Hockanum Mills Company. Its equipment is first class in every respect, there being 9 sets of cards at the present time.
114 broad looms and 600 spindles. The mill is equipped with dynamos for providing their own light. Power is furnished by steam engines of 225-horse power. Employment is provided for 300 operatives.

The old wooden water wheel, which has been in use at the New England mill since 1860, was used for the last time on Thursday, August 20, 1909. Work commenced on the following day on the tearing out of the old wheel. While the new turbine water wheel was being placed in position, the plant was
run wholly by steam power. The completion of the new turbine wheel is a decided improvement, the mill now being run by electric drive, the water power being utilized to run a generator providing electricity for power.

The old mill wheel, which provided 120-horse power, was 24 feet in diameter and 16 feet wide. It was the largest water wheel in the city.


A CENTURY OF Vernon, Connecticut 1808—1908
PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF SPECIAL HISTORICAL COMMITTEE.
ROCKVILLE, CONN.
PRESS OF T. F. RADY & COMPANY
JAN. 1911