DEPOT ROAD MILL Depot Road, Coventry
Mill foundation in background. Looking at the northerly and easterly foundation remnants.
Waterway: Mill Brook Brook
Water Power: Standard wheel, type unknown turbine
Mill type: Saw, fulling, wool finishing, satinet, and a fiberboard mill
Location: Latitude 41 45 43 N and
Longitude 72 16 21 W
Water Power: Standard wheel, type unknown turbine
Mill type: Saw, fulling, wool finishing, satinet, and a fiberboard mill
Location: Latitude 41 45 43 N and
Longitude 72 16 21 W
History – The Depot Mill was an early saw mill, becoming a fulling mill in 1809. Wool finishing became the predominant activity from 1811 to1818. After the first of two major fires in the 1800s, the mill was rebuilt and used to produce satinet in1831. Throughout the years the years the mill underwent a number of changes in occupancy remaining vacant at times. Circa 1860 Ebanizer Root, Thomas Stebben, and John Boynton formed the Coventry Satinet Company. After another fire, the mill was rebuilt becoming the Eden and Company Woolen Mill. The property remained unused for a period until James Nichols purchased the property in 1907, rebuilt the dam, and established a mill to produce fiber boards. The last company to occupy the site was the Sterling Fiberboard Company occuping the site until 1940 when the mill again was destroyed by fire.
Site Characteristics: The site is located southerly of and adjacent to Depot Road about
1,000 feet from the intersection of Route 32 and Depot Road. Remnants remaining on site that can be viewed from Depot Road include a large dam, spillway, and remnants of the mill. With close inspection, evidence of the race may be viewed race. The mill was between the dam and depot Road. The mill was a large 3 ½ story that extended over the dam.
Additional Sources of Information: A History of Industry Along the Willimantic, Hop, and Skungamaug Rivers in Coventry, CT," by Bill Jobbagy, December 2004.
Site Characteristics: The site is located southerly of and adjacent to Depot Road about
1,000 feet from the intersection of Route 32 and Depot Road. Remnants remaining on site that can be viewed from Depot Road include a large dam, spillway, and remnants of the mill. With close inspection, evidence of the race may be viewed race. The mill was between the dam and depot Road. The mill was a large 3 ½ story that extended over the dam.
Additional Sources of Information: A History of Industry Along the Willimantic, Hop, and Skungamaug Rivers in Coventry, CT," by Bill Jobbagy, December 2004.
