Busiest New Hampshire: Manchester on the Merrimac River, 57 miles from Boston, is one of the busiest manufacturing cities in New England. Its cotton mills alone are the largest in the world. The Amoskeag mills use annually 47 million pounds of cotton, 9 million pounds of wool, on 18,500 looms, with 550,000 spindles. Their product is per week 4,100,000 yards of cotton and 462,500 yards of wollen goods.
Item Type: Postcard - Printed, Divided Back
Photographer: Unknown
Publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Co. (Portland, ME)
Location: Manchester, New Hampshire
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Postmark, Date: February 1, 1910
Subject, Railroad: Boston and Maine Railroad
Subject, Station: Manchester
Item Owner: Matthew D. Cosgro
NCS Collection ID: 9304020790
Added: 6/20/2016