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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]]


4. [[Smith and Dove Flax Mills]]


[[Smith and Dove Flax Mills]]
5. [[Tyer Rubber Company]]


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Most of the buildings have been replaced by newer structures, except the 1814 structure built by the Abbots.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 13:51, 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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--Eleanor 12:01, February 2, 2006 (EST)