Amoskeag Manufacturing Company

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Amoskeag Manufacturing Company was a major 19th- and early 20th-century textile manufacturer that became one of the largest cotton textile plants in the world and a central driver of Manchester, New Hampshire’s industrial growth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cotton mill ⓘ
industrial company ⓘ
textile manufacturer ⓘ
architectOfMills Amoskeag Millyard ⓘ
builtHousingFor mill workers ⓘ
builtInfrastructure canals ⓘ
machine shops ⓘ
mills ⓘ
worker housing ⓘ
closed 1936 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
developedArea Manchester millyard ⓘ
economicImpactOn Manchester, New Hampshire ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
founded 1831 ⓘ
foundedAs Amoskeag Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company ⓘ
headquartersLocation Manchester, New Hampshire ⓘ
hiredWorkersFrom French Canadian immigrants ⓘ
Irish immigrants ⓘ
other European immigrants ⓘ
incorporatedIn New Hampshire ⓘ
industry cotton manufacturing ⓘ
industrial manufacturing ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
knownFor large integrated textile complex ⓘ
scale of cotton manufacturing operations ⓘ
vertical integration of textile production ⓘ
legacy historic Amoskeag Millyard in Manchester, New Hampshire ⓘ
linked to: Amoskeag Millyard
locatedIn Manchester, New Hampshire ⓘ
New England ⓘ
New Hampshire ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Merrimack River ⓘ
peakEmployment more than 15,000 workers ⓘ
predecessor Amoskeag Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company ⓘ
product cotton cloth ⓘ
denim ⓘ
fire engines ⓘ
gingham ⓘ
machinery ⓘ
sheeting ⓘ
shirting ⓘ
steam locomotives ⓘ
textile yard goods ⓘ
reasonForDecline changing textile markets ⓘ
competition from Southern textile mills ⓘ
role driver of industrial growth in Manchester, New Hampshire ⓘ
major employer in Manchester, New Hampshire ⓘ
one of the largest cotton textile plants in the world ⓘ
one of the largest textile manufacturers in the world ⓘ
significantPlace Manchester, New Hampshire ⓘ

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Manchester, New Hampshire → developedAround → Amoskeag Manufacturing Company ⓘ
subject linked to: Manchester
Millyard Museum → topic → Amoskeag Manufacturing Company ⓘ
Amoskeag Falls → associatedWithCompany → Amoskeag Manufacturing Company ⓘ
Amoskeag Millyard → developedBy → Amoskeag Manufacturing Company ⓘ
Pawtucket Canal → governingBody → Merrimack Manufacturing Company (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Boston Associates → established → Merrimack Manufacturing Company ⓘ
linked to: Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company → foundedAs → Amoskeag Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company ⓘ
linked to: Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company → predecessor → Amoskeag Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company ⓘ
linked to: Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Amoskeag Dam → associatedWith → Amoskeag Manufacturing Company ⓘ