Wamsutta Mills

Wamsutta Mills

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Description (Brief)
black and white stereograph; view looking across river to factory buildings on opposite shore; sandy grass and rocks in foreground, river in midground, factory in background; handwritten on verso "Wamsutta Mills"; mill located on Acushnet River in New Bedford, Mass. which opened in 1847-48, building still stands but redeveloped into apartments ca 2004
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
stereograph
date made
1850s-1880s
place made
United States: Massachusetts, New Bedford
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm
ID Number
2012.3033.0311
nonaccession number
2012.3033
catalog number
2012.3033.0311
subject
Mill
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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