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The photo on the left is a view up river from Bridge Street showing the Dana Warp Mill facility. The building on the left is located on the island at the end of Dana Street and was built in 1876 by George Warren as a woolen mill. Woodbury K. Dana purchased the building in 1879 after the woolen mill went out of business. This building became the Dana Warp Mill, and in 1900 Dana purchased the brick building across the river on Bridge Street to expand his business. The brick building was erected in 1881 by the Westbrook Manufacturing Co. to expand the company, which was located on Bridge Street at Dana Court.

Westbrook Manufacturing Co. closed after the damaging flood of 1896. The brick building was purchased by the S.D. Warren Co., which sold it to Dana. A steel bridge was built over the river to connect both buildings. Dana expanded the brick mill several times and eventually closed the island mill and the bridge was removed. The island mill was used in later years by Yudy’s Tire Co. as a warehouse, and was closed and demolished in the early 1980s. Dana Warp Mill closed in the late 1950s, and the building is currently owned by Flannery Properties and occupied by numerous businesses. The photo on the right shows the same area today with the old building on the island gone.

Research and photos courtesy of Mike Sanphy

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The photo on the left is a view up river from Bridge Street showing the Dana Warp Mill facility. The building on the left is located on the island at the end of Dana Street and was built in 1876 by George Warren as a woolen mill. Woodbury K. Dana purchased the building in 1879 after the woolen mill went out of business. This building became the Dana Warp Mill, and in 1900 Dana purchased the brick building across the river on Bridge Street to expand his business. The brick building was erected in 1881 by the Westbrook Manufacturing Co. to expand the company, which was located on Bridge Street at Dana Court.

Westbrook Manufacturing Co. closed after the damaging flood of 1896. The brick building was purchased by the S.D. Warren Co., which sold it to Dana. A steel bridge was built over the river to connect both buildings. Dana expanded the brick mill several times and eventually closed the island mill and the bridge was removed. The island mill was used in later years by Yudy’s Tire Co. as a warehouse, and was closed and demolished in the early 1980s. Dana Warp Mill closed in the late 1950s, and the building is currently owned by Flannery Properties and occupied by numerous businesses. The photo on the right shows the same area today with the old building on the island gone.

Research and photos courtesy of Mike Sanphy