A mill town , also known as factory town or mill village , is typically a settlement that developed around one or more mills or factories, often cotton mills or factories producing textiles.
35-506: Milltown may refer to: Mill town , a settlement that developed around one or more mills Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Milltown, New Brunswick Milltown, Newfoundland and Labrador Milltown, Ontario Ireland [ edit ] Milltown, Ballymore , a townland in Ballymore civil parish, barony of Rathconrath, County Westmeath Milltown, Churchtown ,
70-479: A company town , grew in the shadow of the industries. The region became a manufacturing powerhouse along rivers like the Housatonic , Quinebaug , Shetucket , Blackstone , Merrimack , Nashua , Cocheco , Saco , Androscoggin , Kennebec or Winooski . In the 20th century, alternatives to water power were developed, and it became more profitable for companies to manufacture textiles in southern states where cotton
105-643: A location in Cardinham parish, Cornwall Milltown, Lanlivery , a hamlet near Lostwithiel, Cornwall Milltown, Derbyshire , a village Milltown, County Antrim , a village in Northern Ireland Milltown, County Down , a townland in County Down , Northern Ireland Milltown, County Tyrone, four townlands in County Tyrone , Northern Ireland Milltown of Rothiemay , a small inland village within
140-699: A 1942 Bangor -class minesweeper Milltown Cemetery , a cemetery in Belfast, Northern Ireland Milltown Reservoir Superfund Site , a site on the Clark Fork River Basin in Montana Milltown River , in County Westmeath, Ireland Earl of Milltown , title in the Peerage of Ireland RAF Milltown , a former Royal Air Force station near Elgin, Scotland See also [ edit ] Miltown ,
175-402: A brand name for the mild tranquilizer meprobamate Milton (disambiguation) Milltown, Ireland (disambiguation) Milltown GAA (disambiguation) , sports clubs that share the name 'Milltown GAA' Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Milltown . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
210-538: A city of commerce and is recognized as the primary shopping center of eastern Washington County and of Charlotte County, New Brunswick . Retail, service, and construction businesses are the primary components of the Calais economy. This area was occupied for thousands of years by indigenous peoples. The historic Passamaquoddy , an Algonquian-speaking people of the Wabanaki Confederacy , was predominant in this area at
245-470: A textile factory founded in 1833 by the sons of Feliks Lubienski , who owned the land where it was built. They brought in a specialist from France and his newly designed machines. He was French inventor, Philippe de Girard from Lourmarin . He became a director of the firm. The factory town developed during the 19th century into a significant textile mill town in Poland . In honour of Girard, 'Ruda Guzowska' as
280-575: A third bridge and Port of entry (POE) to connect the two communities. Referred to as the International Avenue Bridge , this bridge and POE opened on November 16, 2009, and serves commercial, cargo, trucking , passenger vehicles, campers, RVs, and buses. However, both the Ferry Point and Milltown crossings remain in use for passenger vehicles and pedestrians. The new inspection facility alleviates traffic congestion from downtown Calais and
315-775: A town in County Clare Milltown, Pass of Kilbride , a townland in Pass of Kilbride civil parish, barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath Milltown, Rathconrath , a townland in Rathconrath civil parish, barony of Rathconrath, County Westmeath New Zealand [ edit ] Milltown, Canterbury , a locality in Selwyn District Milltown, West Coast , a locality in Westland District United Kingdom [ edit ] Milltown, Cardinham ,
350-576: A townland in Churchtown civil parish, barony of Rathconrath, County Westmeath Milltown, County Cavan , a small village Milltown, County Kerry , a small town Milltown, County Galway , a small village Milltown, County Kildare , a village Milltown, Dublin , a suburb of Dublin Milltown, Faughalstown , a townland in Faughalstown civil parish, barony of Fore, County Westmeath Milltown Malbay ,
385-492: A village within the town of Milltown Milltown (town), Wisconsin Sports [ edit ] Milltown GAC , Gaelic Athletic Association club in Galway, Ireland Milltown (stadium) , home ground of Warrenpoint Town F.C., Northern Ireland Glenmalure Park or Milltown, the former home of Shamrock Rovers F.C., Dublin, Ireland Other uses [ edit ] HMCS Milltown ,
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#1732848954622420-543: Is Shawn Lyons. Calais has an elementary school , a middle school , a high school , and a technical school . Calais is home to a two-year community college . The nearest four-year university is located in Machias, Maine . Calais is located at the junction of U.S. 1 , a major north-south highway that runs along the Eastern Seaboard , and Route 9 , which crosses the state from east to west. Since October 25, 2012 ,
455-654: Is a city in Washington County, Maine , United States. As of the 2020 census , it had a population of 3,079, making Calais the largest municipality by population in Washington County, but the third least-populous city in Maine (after Hallowell and Eastport ). The city has three Canada–US border crossings (also known as ports of entry ) over the St. Croix River connecting to St. Stephen, New Brunswick , Canada. Calais has been
490-569: Is the home of the first railroad built in the state of Maine, the Calais Railroad, incorporated by the state legislature on February 17, 1832. It was built to transport lumber from a mill on the St. Croix River opposite Milltown, New Brunswick , 2 miles (3 km) to the tidewater at Calais in 1835. In 1849, the name was changed to the Calais & Baring Railroad, and the line was extended 4 miles (6 km) farther to Baring . In 1870, it became part of
525-541: The Massachusetts General Court sold the township to Waterman Thomas for 19¢ an acre (0.4 hectares) (approx. $ 2.86 an acre in 2018 dollars). Early occupations in the settlement included farming , hunting and ship building . On June 16, 1809, Plantation Number 5 PS was incorporated as Calais after Calais , France , in honor of French assistance during the American Revolution . The river provided
560-405: The mill town with water power for industry, which included sawmills, clapboard and shingle mills, two planing mills , a saw factory, two axe factories and four grain mills. There were foundries , machine shops , granite works, shoe factories and a tannery . Other businesses produced bricks , bedsteads , brooms , carriages and plaster . The relationship between Calais and
595-642: The Moray council area, Scotland United States [ edit ] Milltown, Alabama Milltown, Arkansas Milltown, Delaware Milltown, Georgia Milltown, Indiana Milltown, Kentucky Milltown, Maine Milltown, Missouri Milltown, Montana Milltown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Milltown, New Jersey , in Middlesex County Milltown, New York Milltown, South Dakota Milltown, Tennessee Milltown, Virginia Milltown, West Virginia Milltown, Wisconsin ,
630-628: The National Register of Historic Places are the Calais Historic District, Calais Residential Historic District, Devils Head Site, Gilmore House , Thomas Hamilton House , Hinckley Hill Historic District , Holmes Cottage , Dr. Job Holmes House , Theodore Jellison House , Pike's Mile Markers , St. Anne's Episcopal Church , George Washburn House and Whitlocks Mill Light . According to the United States Census Bureau ,
665-518: The St. Croix & Penobscot Railroad. Calais was incorporated as a city on August 24, 1850. On July 18, 1864, Confederate agents crossed the border from New Brunswick and attempted to rob a bank in Calais. The Calais Free Library was designed by Boston architect Arthur H. Vinal and opened on July 4, 1893. The Romanesque Revival building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. Other places in Calais listed on
700-428: The age of 18 living with them, 38.8% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 45.0% were non-families. 39.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.80. The median age in
735-652: The city also has had direct access to New Brunswick Route 1 , a controlled-access freeway that begins at the Canada–US border and runs east through Saint John to a junction with the Trans-Canada Highway . West's Bus Service operates a bus service between Calais and Bangor . Calais Regional Hospital (CRH) currently has 15 acute care beds and 10 swing beds, in addition to a 24-hour physician staffed emergency department. It serves northeastern Washington County with an approximate population of 14,000 from Topsfield to
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#1732848954622770-538: The city has a total area of 40.10 square miles (103.86 km ), of which 34.32 square miles (88.89 km ) is land and 5.78 square miles (14.97 km ) is water. Calais is located at the head of tide on the St. Croix River . Recently, the City of Calais acquired Devil's Head. The site comprises 318 acres (129 ha) of land, 1-mile (1.6 km) of frontage on the St. Croix River estuary, and 0.6 miles (0.97 km) of frontage on U.S. Route 1 . Significant features on
805-549: The city was 45.3 years. 19.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20% were from 25 to 44; 29.9% were from 45 to 64; and 20.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. The City of Calais operates under the council-manager form of government. The current city manager is Michael Ellis. Some past city managers include: William Bridgeo , Nancy Orr, Nicholas Mull, Linda Pagels, Mark Ryckman , Diane Barnes and James Porter. The current city mayor
840-471: The city. The population density was 91.0 inhabitants per square mile (35.1/km ). There were 1,737 housing units at an average density of 50.6 per square mile (19.5/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 95.5% White , 0.5% African American , 1.3% Native American , 0.6% Asian , 0.4% from other races , and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population. There were 1,403 households, of which 25.3% had children under
875-419: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Milltown&oldid=1256456703 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mill town The town grew out of
910-519: The material appearance of the tall chimneys under which they live. Here and there the height of the latter may differ by a few rounds of brick, but in all essential respects, a description of one is a description of all. Beginning with Samuel Slater and technological information smuggled out of England by Francis Cabot Lowell , large mills were established in New England in the early to mid-19th century. Mill towns, sometimes planned, built and owned as
945-514: The neighboring Canadian town of St. Stephen has been remarkably close, over a period of many years. As evidence of the longtime friendship between the towns, during the War of 1812, the British military provided St. Stephen with a large supply of gunpowder for protection against the enemy Americans in Calais, but St. Stephen's town elders gave the gunpowder to Calais for its Fourth of July celebrations. Calais
980-487: The neighboring towns in Canada. It is equipped with state-of-the-art security equipment that allows for efficient processing of both commercial and passenger vehicles. The new facility is occupied by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). This facility was built as part of GSA's high-performance green building program and has received
1015-533: The north, Wesley to the west, and Eastport to the south. CRH is the largest employer in Calais, employing more than 200 people. The hospital is licensed by the State of Maine. Calais has a full-time police , fire , and EMS department. The Ferry Point International Bridge and the Milltown International Bridge connect Calais to St. Stephen, New Brunswick , Canada. Construction began in 2008 on
1050-521: The original estate was called, was renamed Żyrardów , a toponym derived of the polonised spelling of Girard's name. Most of Żyrardów's monuments are located in the manufacturing area which dates from the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is widely believed that Żyrardów's textile settlement is the only entire urban industrial complex from the 19th-century to be preserved in Europe. In the United Kingdom,
1085-542: The property include a 340-foot (100 m) high granite headland towering over the estuary, a low-tide sand and boulder beach, upland forest, and abundant wildlife. Trail construction was completed in 2003. Calais is the northern terminus of the East Coast Greenway , which has its southern terminus in Key West, Florida . As of the census of 2010, there were 3,123 people, 1,403 households, and 771 families residing in
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1120-1393: The term "mill town" usually refers to the 19th-century textile manufacturing towns of northern England and the Scottish Lowlands , particularly those in Lancashire (cotton) and Yorkshire ( wool ). Some former mill towns have a symbol of the textile industry in their town badge. Some towns may have statues dedicated to textile workers (e.g. Colne ) or have a symbol in the badge of local schools (e.g. Ossett School ). Congleton , Crewe , Macclesfield Glossop , Hadfield , New Mills Ashton-under-Lyne , Bolton , Bury , Chadderton , Failsworth , Heywood , Hyde , Lees , Leigh , Manchester, Middleton , Oldham , Radcliffe , Ramsbottom , Reddish , Rochdale , Royton , Shaw and Crompton , Stalybridge , Stockport , Wigan Accrington , Bacup , Barnoldswick , Blackburn , Burnley , Calder Vale , Chorley , Colne , Darwen , Nelson , Oakenclough , Padiham , Preston for others see table below. Batley , Bingley , Bradford , Brighouse , Cleckheaton , Dewsbury , Elland , Halifax , Hebden Bridge , Heckmondwike , Holmfirth , Huddersfield , Keighley , Morley , Mytholmroyd , Ossett , Pudsey , Shipley , Skipton , Sowerby Bridge , Todmorden , Yeadon The list above includes some towns where textiles
1155-568: The time of European encounter and settlement. The St. Croix River and its area were first explored by the French Samuel de Champlain when he and his men spent a winter on St. Croix Island in 1604. The first permanent settler was Daniel Hill of Jonesboro , who arrived in 1779 during the American Revolutionary War , when this was still part of Massachusetts. With other settlers, he built the first sawmill in 1782. On June 27, 1789,
1190-4868: Was grown and winters did not require significant heating costs. Finally, the Great Depression acted as a catalyst that sent several struggling New England firms into bankruptcy. Ansonia , Bridgeport , Bristol , Collinsville , Danbury , Derby , East Windsor , Enfield , Glastonbury , Hartford , Killingly , Madison , Manchester , Meriden , Middletown , Milford , Naugatuck , New Britain , New Haven , New London , Norwich , Putnam , Sandy Hook , Seymour , Shelton , Torrington , Vernon , Waterbury , Willimantic , Winchester , Windham , Windsor Locks Anson , Auburn , Augusta , Baileyville , Biddeford , Brunswick , Chisholm , Corinna , Lewiston , Lincoln , Lisbon Falls , Livermore Falls , Millinocket , Milo , Newport , Old Town , Orono , Pittsfield , Portland , Rumford , Saco , Sanford , Skowhegan , Waterville , Westbrook , Wilton Adams , Amesbury , Athol , Attleboro , Boston , Chicopee , Clinton , Dalton , Dedham , Fall River , Fitchburg , Framingham , Gardner , Grafton , Greenfield , Haverhill , Holyoke , Hopesdale , Hudson , Lawrence , Lowell , Ludlow , Lynn , Maynard , Medford , Merrimac , Methuen , Milford , Millbury , Monson , New Bedford , North Adams , North Andover , Northbridge , Orange , Palmer , Peabody , Pittsfield , Rowley , Russell , Southbridge , Springfield , Taunton , Uxbridge , Waltham , Ware , Webster , Westborough , Winchendon , Worcester Belmont , Berlin , Claremont , Concord , Dover , East Rochester , Franklin , Gonic , Gorham , Greenville , Groveton , Harrisville , Jaffrey , Keene , Laconia , Lancaster , Lebanon , Lincoln , Manchester , Milford , Milton , Nashua , Newmarket , Newport , Penacook , Pittsfield , Rochester , Rollinsford , Somersworth , Suncook , Tilton , Troy , Wilton Allaire , Allentown , Bernards , Boonton , Butler , Camden , Chester , Clinton , Cranbury , Cranford , Dover , Eatontown , Elizabeth , Freehold , Griggstown , Helmetta , Hillsborough , Imlaystown , Jamesburg , Kearny , Kingston , Little Falls , Manville , Medford , Millhurst , Milltown , Millville , New Brunswick , Newark , Orange , Paterson , Perth Amboy , Plainfield , Prallsville , Rahway , Raritan , Roselle Park , Smithville , South Brunswick , Stillwater , Tinton Falls , Trenton , Walnford , Wharton , Woodbridge Albany , Amsterdam , Aurora-on-Cayuga , Beacon , Belmont , Bloomvale , Buffalo , Clinton , Corning , Gardiner , Ithaca , Kingston , Little Falls , Marlboro , Mechanicville , Middletown , Montgomery , New Berlin , New York Mills , Newburgh , Newcomb , Niles , Philmont , Poughkeepsie , Rochester , Rome , Roslyn , Saddle Rock , Schenectady , Schuylerville , Sleepy Hollow , Stony Brook , Sunset Park , Syracuse , Troy , Utica , Victory , Water Mill Bristol , Burrillville , Central Falls , Coventry , Cumberland , Lincoln , Pawtucket , Providence , Slatersville , Valley Falls , West Warwick , Westerly , Woonsocket Bellows Falls , Bethel , Brattleboro , Bridgewater , Burlington , Ludlow , Newport , Springfield , Vergennes , Winooski Biron (Biron Mill) Fairfax (Fairfax Mill and Fair View Mill), Lanett (Lanett Mill), Langdale (Langdale Mill), Sylacauga (Avondale Mill), Opelika (Opelika Mill), River View (Riverdale Mill), Shawmut (Shawmut Mill), Valley (Carter/Lanier Mill) Amity , Beirne , Calion , Crossett , Delight , Dierks , Glenwood , Jones Mill , Malvern , Mountain Pine Bibb City , Cabbagetown , Chicopee , Hogansville , New Holland , New Manchester Ellicott City , Jerusalem , Oella , Owings Mills , Savage Alamance , Altamahaw , Bellemont , Burlington , Bynum , Canton , Caroleen , Carolina , Carrboro , Cliffside , Coleridge , Concord , Cooleemee , Cramerton , Drexel , Eden , Edgemont (East Durham) , Enka , Falls , Franklinville , Glen Raven , Glencoe , Hanes , Haw River , Henrietta , High Falls , High Shoals , Hildebran , Hope Mills , Kannapolis , Long Shoals , Mayodan , McAdenville , Mooresville , Mount Holly , Oakdale , Ramseur , Rhodhiss , Riegelwood , Roanoke Rapids , Sawmills , Saxapahaw , Spencer Mountain , Swepsonville , West Durham , West Hillsborough Cateechee , Central , Cherokee Falls , Columbia (Olympia and Granby Mills), Fort Mill , Graniteville , Great Falls , Inman , Joanna , La France , Lockhart , Lyman , Newry , Pacolet Mills , Pelzer , Piedmont , Slater , Startex , Ware Shoals , Watts Mills , Whitmire Milltown, Maine Calais / ˈ k æ l ɪ s /
1225-616: Was not the predominant industry. For example, mining was a key industry in Wigan and Leigh in Greater Manchester, and in Ossett in Yorkshire. On his tour of northern England in 1849, Scottish publisher Angus Reach said: In general, these towns wear a monotonous sameness of aspect, physical and moral ... In fact, the social condition of the different town populations is almost as much alike as
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