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

[Vbob]

Hmmm - might have been a different Centerville/Centreville mill that I lived and worked at….

> On Aug 7, 2024, at 1:00 PM, Randall Snow via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
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> Very interesting!  This is the first time I've ever seen the Royal Mill depicted with the giant tower cupolas.  The building where I was first able to work on a steam system is the Centreville Mill, I believe the 3rd one on the left.  I had seen similarly enormous tower cupolas in old images of that building and knew it to be a style at the time.  Perhaps the hurricane of '38 took them all down and it wasn't practical to rebuild.  The Valley Queen Mill, AKA Bradford Soap Works, may be the only one left with any sort of cupola.  Many of these buildings also originally had pitched roofs that were later modified to be flat.  These buildings, and the rapid changes they underwent to add wings and floors, were quite the feat of engineering and skilled labor at the time.  It's impressive to see so many still standing strong!
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> On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 11:38 AM Michael Thompson via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org <mailto:thursday at newsm.org>> wrote:
> 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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