Making History with Jason LaVigne and Robert Justice

In the 1880s, the Shetucket Cotton Mill, at the downstream end of the millrace, employed 500 people at an average pay of $25 a month. The mill had 20,000 spindles and produced 6 million yards of colored fabric a year; it went out of business in 1923. Courtesy of Iconic Norwich.
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Making History with Jason LaVigne and Robert Justice

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