[Thursday] B.B. & R. Knight Mills

[Vbob]

I lived in the Centreville/Centerville mill for a few years in the late 1970’s, by which time it was a hippy candlestick factory. 

The remains of a water turbine were out back with a good sized mill pond, but no sign that it had ever been steam powered…..

There had been a fire in the 1930s and the gable roof and upper stories had collapsed, but the lower two floors and tower were repaired and are still intact - not sure what it is being used for now - it had a long history of failed enterprises…..



> On Aug 7, 2024, at 11:36 AM, Michael Thompson via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
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> While scanning Corliss drawings we keep finding B.B. & R. Knight listed as the customer. This image shows all of their mills, and likely they all were powered by Corliss steam engines.
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