![]() It is probable that no new enterprise has ever been established in Brattleboro with a better promise of success than this company. The Vermont Phoenix newspaper wrote, “The new Bickford Knitting Machine Manufacturing Company commenced operations at their factory on February 1. Thompson Company were major investors and $150,000 of local capital funded the business. In January 1875, Dana Bickford and local investors began a joint stock company named the Bickford Knitting Machine Manufacturing Company. In 1874 negotiations were begun with Dana Bickford to bring Bickford Knitting Machines to the Centreville Mill.Ĭentreville is the area half way between the old East Village (along the Connecticut River) and West Brattleboro. The owners of the bankrupt furniture company possessed this large mill and began looking for another industry to move into the facility. The mill was completed in 1872 but the furniture company was not successful and the tools and stock of the company were sold at auction only a year after it began operations. The building was 100 feet by 40 feet and was four stories in height. When the water level was too low the mill was powered by steam. When there was enough water, energy for the mill was produced by the brook. The mill was perched on a rocky ledge next to the Whetstone Brook. It was located at the intersection of Williams Street and Western Avenue. ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, in Brattleboro, a large water-powered mill had been constructed by the New England Furniture Company. ![]()
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