Amsterdam Carpet Mills

In 1920 they merged with other mills and formed mohawk carpet mills.

Amsterdam carpet mills.

It became the country s sole weaver to offer an entire line of domestic carpets also creating the industry s first textured design and sculptured weave. Mohawk carpet mills in amsterdam. Mohawk carpet mills mccleary wallin and crouse mills amsterdam new york weave mill and warehouse. Today the replica sits on our beautiful bridge.

In 1956 amsterdam s remaining carpet giant mohawk carpet mills merged with alexander smith a rug manufacturer in yonkers. Shuttleworth park formerly mohawk mills park known originally as crescent park opened on memorial day 1914 its original use was as an amusement emporium with a dance hall shooting gallery et cetera though it also. In the years right before world war ii mohawk carpet mills based in amsterdam was commissioned to create a carpet replicating this wheel of life that would be placed over the mosaic in the waldorf astoria s lobby. The new company was called mohasco.

125 north industrial blvd. Always green by kane carpet. It took 16 weavers eight months to create the carpet for the hotel. It was noisy fraczek was surprised to see herself as a young mill worker in a still picture prominently featured in historic views of the carpet city the wmht tv documentary on amsterdam first shown in 2000.

After he died his four sons moved to amsterdam and incorporated as shuttleworth brothers company in 1902 moving into buildings dating to 1845. The company was originally founded in 1875 by william shuttleworth. Abandoned mohawk carpet mill in amsterdam ny. Find a dealer near you enter your zip code.

The most obvious relics of milling days gone by are the vast stephen sanford and sons carpet mills situated prominently above downtown amsterdam. This mill complex is one of the great survivors of industrial revolution architecture in new york state along with the harmony mills in cohoes and the alexander smith mills in yonkers. It was my first time in a carpet mill. Set back from the city of amsterdam and not noticed by travelers on the new york state thruway is this mill site or what s left of it several large buildings were demolished at the end of the 2000 s.

The company adopted the name mohawk carpet mills or mohawk mills for short in 1920 when it merged with mccleary wallin and crouse another mill in amsterdam.