Hanks Silk Mill--Original Site--Item 03
THF254803 / Hanks Silk Mill--Original Site--Item 03
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Artifact Overview
As America was taking its first steps towards industrialization, the Hanks family of Mansfield, Connecticut, made early attempts to mechanize the production of silk thread. In 1810, Rodney Hanks and his nephew Horatio Hanks built America's first water powered silk mill. Henry Ford moved the mill to Greenfield Village in 1932. This photograph shows the landscape from the mill's original site at that time.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
27 October 1931
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.3057
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 2.438 in
Width: 4.063 in
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ArtifactHanks Silk Mill
As America was taking its first steps towards industrialization, the Hanks family of Mansfield, Connecticut, made early attempts to mechanize the production of silk thread. Rodney Hanks and his nephew Horatio Hanks built this mill in 1810. It was the first silk mill in America, producing some of the first silk with machines that were powered by a waterwheel.