eTour - A virtual glimpse into early American mills in Willimantic, CT

Nineteenth century working conditions were often harsh in America’s mills. The mills were hot in the summer and cold in the winter, very dusty and very loud from the machinery. The workday was 12 to 14 hours and children were often employed because they could be paid less for the same amount of work. During the 1890’s, American Thread was producing 85,000 miles of thread a day. The company established mills in what became Willimantic and Milo, Maine, for the production of wooden spools. This was the Victorian era and the height of Willimantic ’s role in the industrial revolution.
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View a documentary on lifving and working in 19th centurt Willimantic.