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Formal title:: French River Textile Company records
Extent:: 15 linear feet
Date range:: 1897-1928
Abstract:: The French River Textile Company was incorporated first in Rhode Island in 1897 by Frank A. Sayles, Alfred M. Coats, John Simson, and James B. Kirkaldy. Although the mill itself was located in Mechanicville, the business seat was in the Slater Trust Company in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The records reflect manufacturing costs, sales, and finances of a Rhode Island and Connecticut firm manufacturing worsted cloth, silk cloth, cotton cloth, remnants and waste. The mill also sold water-generated electric power to the Putnam Light & Power Company, serving communities in northeast Connecticut.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 6 SG 12

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

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