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Pocasset Manufacturing Company

American companies established in 1821Cotton mills in the United StatesDefunct manufacturing companies based in MassachusettsIndustrial RevolutionManufacturing companies established in 1821
Textile mills in Fall River, Massachusetts
Pocasset Mills Fall River
Pocasset Mills Fall River

Pocasset Manufacturing Company was a cotton textile mill located in Fall River, Massachusetts. It was located just west of Main Street across the second falls of the Quequechan River. It was organized on August 15, 1821, with $100,000 in capital. The mill began operation in 1822, with Samuel Rodman of New Bedford as the principal owner. Oliver Chace, served as the mill's agent until 1837. Nathaniel Briggs Borden was named clerk and treasurer.The Pocasset Mills were the site of the origin of the Great Fall River Fire of 1928. The mills were destroyed along with a vast portion of the city's business district.

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Pocasset Manufacturing Company
I 195, Fall River

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