Amsterdam Carpet Mills

The company was originally founded in 1875 by william shuttleworth.

Amsterdam carpet mills.

125 north industrial blvd. The new company was called mohasco. 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. Calhoun ga 30701 u s a.

Abandoned mohawk carpet mill in amsterdam ny. In 1956 amsterdam s remaining carpet giant mohawk carpet mills merged with alexander smith a rug manufacturer in yonkers. 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. Mohawk carpet mills mccleary wallin and crouse mills amsterdam new york weave mill and warehouse.

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. 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. 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. Shuttleworth park is a ballpark located in amsterdam new york united states it is home to the amsterdam mohawks of the perfect game collegiate baseball league.

Mohawk carpet mills in amsterdam. It took 16 weavers eight months to create the carpet for the hotel. It was my first time in a carpet mill. Herbanian by kane carpet.

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. In 1920 they merged with other mills and formed mohawk carpet mills. After he died his four sons moved to amsterdam and incorporated as shuttleworth brothers company in 1902 moving into buildings dating to 1845. The most obvious relics of milling days gone by are the vast stephen sanford and sons carpet mills situated prominently above downtown amsterdam.

Today the replica sits on our beautiful bridge.