Hanks Silk Mill Relocation Site, Greenfield Village Restoration Project, October 2002
THF19377 / Hanks Silk Mill Relocation Site, Greenfield Village Restoration Project, October 2002
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Artifact Overview
By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Digital photograph
Date Made
October 2002
Subject Date
October 2002
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.4860
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
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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.