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Westport Factory began in 1812 as the Westport Cotton Manufacturing Company. The original wooden building burned in 1826. A granite structure replaced the wooden building in 1828 with granite cut from a local quarry called the Ledge. Apparatus to control the flow of water to power the mill's machinery is shown at the right in the picture.
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Westport Historical Society
25 Drift Rd. (Head of Westport)
P. O. Box N188
Westport, MA 02790
Visit:
Mondays and Wednesdays
9-3
Contact us:
Phone & fax: 508-636-6011
Email: westhist@gis.net
Webmaster:
Greg Stone
Email: gstonema@earthlink.net
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