Silk mill

Silk mill complex in Manchester, Connecticut

Silk mill is a factory that makes silk garments using a process called silk throwing. Traditionally, silk mills were concentrated in Japan, England, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In New Jersey, disputes between silk mill workers and owners lead to the 1913 Paterson silk strike and the 1926 Passaic Textile Strike.

Examples

• Auburn Button Works and Logan Silk Mills, Auburn in Cayuga County, New York
• Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill (also known as Franklin Silk Mill and Leinhardt Brothers Furniture Warehouse), a historic silk mill located at West York, York County
• Bellemonte Silk Mill, Hawley, Wayne County
• Bethlehem Silk Mill, Bethlehem, Northampton County
• Diamond Silk Mill (also known as York Silk Manufacturing Company), a historic silk mill located at Springettsbury Township, York County
• Lansdale Silk Hosiery Compy-Interstate Hosiery Mills, Inc., a historic silk mill located at Lansdale, Montgomery County
• Lehigh Valley Silk Mills, Fountain Hill, Northampton County
• McCollum and Post Silk Mill, Nazareth, Northampton County

See also

• Cotton mill