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Glenlyon Dye Works

Formal title:: Glenlyon Dye Works
Extent:: 25.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1883-1950 (bulk 1883-1938)
Abstract:: The Glenlyon Dye Works began as a minor department relegated to operating wherever space could be found or made within the confines of Sayles Bleacheries Plant A at Saylesville. This department began as early as 1876, for the purposes of bleaching and dyeing wool yarn and piece goods. It was not formalized until 1882 when it turned entirely to processing goods for the new Lorraine Manufacturing Company, and the volume of work increased considerably. Later, as Glenlyon Print Works, the plant specialized in printing and finishing fine cotton and silk blend fabrics.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 6 sg 13

Formal title:: Sayles Bleacheries records
Extent:: 48 linear feet
Date range:: 1847-1906
Abstract:: The Sayles Bleacheries were the foundation for all the subsequent manufacturing activities of the Sayles family. The profits from this highly successful operation fueled the acquisition of the scores of companies whose records now make up the Sayles Collection. Thus the Sayles Bleacheries were in every sense the “parent” organization of the Sayles empire. The Sayles Bleacheries originated when William F. Sayles, in December 1847, bought at auction the plant of the Pimbly Print Works, lying along the Moshassuck River in the town of Lincoln, Rhode Island.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 6 SG 1

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