Saco-Lowell Shops
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The Saco-Lowell Shops was once one of the largest textile machine manufacturers in the United States. It was formed in 1912 with a merger between the Lowell Machine Shop with the Saco-Pettee Machine C
A Saco-Lowell roving frame, ca. 1920
Saco-Lowell Building 15, Lowell. The Kitson Machine Works building is on the left in the distance.
Biddeford, Maine plant, 1906 (foreground)
Newton Upper Falls plant
Draper Corporation
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The Draper Corporation was once the largest maker of power looms for the textile industry in the United States. It operated in Hopedale, Massachusetts for more than 130 years, from the 19th century un
Saco-Lowell Shops
…mid-20th century, Saco-Lowell was one of the "big three" cotton textile machinery builders in New England, along with the Whitin Machine Works and the Draper Corporation. While cotton machinery was the company's mainstay, Saco-Lowell also made machinery for the woolen and silk industries. The Lowell Machine Shop had its…
Former factories of the Draper Corporation in Hopedale, Massachusetts
Abandoned Draper Factory in 2009, Hopedale, Massachusetts
Draper Looms
The Little Red Shop, Hopedale, Massachusetts