Nourse Mill

In 1883, the Social Manufacturing Company constructed the Nourse Mill on Clinton Street to meet the needs of its ever expanding production. The wide-bay mill was built of brick with slow-burning construction. It contained 40,000 spindles, 540 looms and employed 380 people.

The mill was named in honor of Charles Nourse, longtime superintendent & then president of the Social Mill. Nourse would die from injuries sustained when a fire broke out in the mill’s offices just three years later.

<i>Image courtesy of the Woonsocket Historical Society</i>