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Article: Mill museum saves Willimantic's hard history
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 13, 2008
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EXPLORE NEW ENGLAND / CONNECTICUT SECTION / DETOURS
WILLIMANTIC - In the mill owner's house, the table is set with
fine china and crystal. There is a piano in the elegant parlor, with
its floral wallpaper and lace curtains. In the master bedroom an
ornate sewing machine decorated with a gold sphinx sits next to a
black lacquered case filled with ivory sewing tools.
Across the hall, a stark kitchen holds a sink, a coal stove, a
washtub, and an ironing board. Dented and chipped cookware hangs on
the walls. In the tiny bedroom, mattresses nearly cover the bare
wood floor. This is how the mill workers lived, said Beverly York,
director of the Windham Textile and History Museum, known locally as ...