Merrimack Manufacturing Company

An 1850 drawing of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company

The Merrimack Manufacturing Company (also known as Merrimack Mills) was the first of the major textile manufacturing concerns to open in Lowell, Massachusetts, beginning operations in 1823.[1]

  1. ^ Alan Axelrod and Charles Phillips (2008). What Every American Should Know About American History: 225 Events that Shaped the Nation (3rd ed.). Avon, MA: Adams Media. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-59869-428-4.