American Thread Company
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In 1898 the English Sewing Company of England purchased the Willimantic Linen Company and other New England mills to form the American Thread Company. It was known locally as "ATCO" or "the THREAD." The Willimantic mill was closed when the company moved to the American southeast (North Carolina) in 1985.
In 1898, the English Sewing Company of England purchased the Willimantic Linen Company England mills and formed the American Thread Company locally known as “ATCO” or “the THREAD”. The Willimantic mill was closed when the company moved to North Carolina in 1985.
(Source: Matthew Roth . Connecticut: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites . Society for Industrial Archeology, 1981. Information provided by Windham Textile and History Museum, 157 Union/Main Street, Willimantic, CT 06226)
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Cotton yarn industry
Mills and mill-work
Mills and mill-work
Textile factories
Textile factories
Textile industry
Thread
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Manufacture of thread, worsted and synthetic yarn
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Connecticut
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