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unusual facts about American Woolen Company


American Woolen Company

The Ayer mill's 22 Foot diameter 4-sided clocktower is only a foot smaller than Big Ben and purportedly only second to it in size in the world (among chiming 4-sided clocktowers).


Frederic C. Dumaine, Jr.

He also served as an executive with the American Woolen Company, Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, Waltham Watch Company, Fanny Farmer, Boston Edison Company, Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad, Boston and Maine Railroad, Boston Garden-Arena Corporation, and Springfield and Eastern Street Railway.

Roy A. Young

After his resignation, he changed to become chairman of the Merchants National Bank and later chairman of American Woolen Company.


see also

Winooski Falls Mill District

By 1922, the American Woolen Company was the states largest employer and Winooski Falls split from Colchester, incorporating itself as the City of Winooski.