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History: A Glimpse Into the Past

May 20, 2018 admin18 History 0

1881 drawing showing the Eclipse Mill. Building extensions in upper left are situated in what is now the mill’s east parking lot.

1911, Eclipse Mill workers. Photograph by Lewis Hine.

1911, child workers at mill housing. Photograph by Lewis Hine.

1904, a view overlooking North Adams

August 1911, child workers at what is now the Eclipse Mill. Photograph by Lewis Hine.

Looking east on Union St., Eclipse Mill on left. Photographer and date unknown.

Newspaper clipping, Photographer and date unknown.Date unknown

Newspaper clipping, Photographer and date unknown.

Photograph showing the trolley that ran between the Beaver Mill and the Eclipse Mill. Photographer and date unknown.

Newspaper clipping, Photographer and date unknown.

Flood damage to the wooden buildings in what is now the west end parking lot of the Eclipse Mill. Photographer and date unknown.

Newspaper clipping showing construction of the two-story addition to the western end of the Eclipse Mill. Photographer and date unknown.

Newspaper clipping, Photographer and date unknown.

Newspaper clipping, Photographer and date unknown.

Newspaper clipping, Photographer and date unknown.

1921, the Hairpin Turn. Antique postcard.

August 1911, child workers outside the Eclipse Mill. Photograph by Lewis Hine.

August 1911, child workers outside the Eclipse Mill. Photograph by Lewis Hine.

August 1911, child workers outside the Eclipse Mill. Photograph by Lewis Hine.

August 1911, child workers outside the Eclipse Mill. Photograph by Lewis Hine.

1940, Eclipse Mill on left. Walkways across Union street allowed workers to pass between the spinning and weaving buildings. Photographer and date unknown.

August 1911, workers outside the Eclipse Mill. Photograph by Lewis Hine.

Eclipse Mill with clock tower in middle distance

August 1911, child workers outside worker’s housing for the Eclipse Mill. Photograph by Lewis Hine.

Worker’s housing on Union St. in what is now the Eclipse Mill western parking lot. Photographer and date unknown.

Work in progress on the Hoosic River flood control project. The wooden building is located in what is now the Eclipse Mill west parking lot. Photographer and date unknown.

Upper dam on the Hoosic River before the flood channel was built.Photographer and date unknown.

Looking west, down Union St. Eclipse Mill clock tower can be seen in foreground, right center. The bridge across road is walkway for workers going between buildings. Photographer and date unknown.

1948 flood, looking across Union St. Eclipse Mill is just out of the picture, to the left. Photographer unknown.

1948 flood, Eclipse Mill in center. Photographer unknown.

1948 flood, Briggsville dam. Photographer unknown.

1938 flood, North Adams, MA. Photographer unknown.

1938 flood, North Adams, MA. Photographer unknown.

1911, a 13 year old worker outside the Eclipse Mill. Photograph by Lewis Hine.

Western view of the Eclipse Mill before the flood channel was constructed. Photographer and date unknown.

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