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Lehigh Valley Silk Mills

Buildings and structures in Northampton County, PennsylvaniaHistory of Allentown, PennsylvaniaIndustrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in PennsylvaniaIndustrial buildings completed in 1895Industrial buildings completed in 1904
National Register of Historic Places in Northampton County, PennsylvaniaSilk mills in the United States
Lipps & Sutton Silk Mill 01
Lipps & Sutton Silk Mill 01

The Lehigh Valley Silk Mills were a collection of mills located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania in the 19th and 20th centuries. The industry began in 1881 and thrived throughout the Second Industrial Revolution. The Lehigh Valley Silk Mills also refers to a specific company that owned the Lipps & Sutton Silk Mill and Warren Mill. The first silk mill in the Lehigh Valley opened in 1881 and was followed by the opening of many others. By 1900, there were twenty-three silk establishments in the Lehigh Valley, making Pennsylvania the second largest producer of silk in the world. The silk industry in Pennsylvania peaked in the late 1920s due to cheap labor, mainly from immigrant workers' children and wives. However, after the Great Depression, increasing labor unrest and competition from other textile industries began to affect the silk industry locally and nationally. By 1953, Allentown had become the number one silk city in the world, but even then, the number of looms had decreased. At the time, only six mills continued to work with silk exclusively. Other mills either shut down due to bankruptcy or shifted to the production synthetic fibers.

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Lehigh Valley Silk Mills
North Clewell Street,

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North Clewell Street 704
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