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[[American Woolen Company Shawsheen Mills]]
A list of the mills in Andover:


[[Ballardvale Mills]]
1. [[Andover Biography - William Wood | American Woolen Company Shawsheen Mills]]


2. [[Ballardvale Mills]]


Marland Woolen Mills
3. [[Marland Woolen Mills]]
Stevens and North Main Street
In 1820 Abraham Marland purchased a paper mill and converted it to produce wool.  In 1879 it was bought by the Stevens Woolen Company. The original mill buildings were replaced over time. and the mill operated until 1960.   


In 1996 one of the remaining buildings was converted to an assisted living facility.
4. [[Smith and Dove Flax Mills]]


Smith and Dove Flax Mills
5. [[Tyer Rubber Company]]
Railroad Street and Essex Street and Red Spring Road
Originally the site was used by Abraham Marland. Then in 1814 Pascal and Abel Abbot erected a mill to produce spun cotton, wool and flannel.  They operated the mill until 1837.  James Howarth erected a stone mill building in 1824 to produce flannel.  This mill went out of business in 1837 also.


In 1842 John Dove, Peter Smith and John Smith bought the vacant mill buildings and began producing linen, twine, and sail cloth. Smith and Dove was bought by the Ludlow Sales Corporation in 1n 1828.  In 1930 Ludlow Sales failed.
Some of the mills are noted on the 1830 map of the Andovers.


Most of the buildings have been replaced by newer structures, except the 1814 structure built by the Abbots.
No map of the location of all the mills in Andover is available, although some are noted on the 1830 map of the Andovers.


See
See
*Sarah Loring Bailey's [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1F3857E1628P9.13583&profile=man&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!103693~!1&ri=1&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=bailey+historical+sketches&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ri=1#focus ''Historical Sketches of Andover''] for a description of some of the early water mills.  
*Sarah Loring Bailey's [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=103693&t=historical%20sketches%20of%20andover&tp=keyword&d=0&hc=8&rt=keyword ''Historical Sketches of Andover''] for a description of some of the early water mills.  
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Latest revision as of 12:51, 9 January 2013

A list of the mills in Andover:

1. American Woolen Company Shawsheen Mills

2. Ballardvale Mills

3. Marland Woolen Mills

4. Smith and Dove Flax Mills

5. Tyer Rubber Company

Some of the mills are noted on the 1830 map of the Andovers.


See


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