History of New Bedford - Whitman Mills Historic Walking Tour

Join Bruce Barnes as he leads us on this New Bedford Preservation Society tour around the Whitman Mills historic properties and learn their significance in the New Bedford textile industry. Discover their important innovations, including the automatic loom, one of the most significant advancements in the history of mill technology.

The Whitman group of cotton mills was the first group of mills in New Bedford founded and financed by people that reside outside New Bedford. They included the original Whitman Mill (1895), the Manomet (1903), the Nonquitt (1906), and the Nashawena (1909). Located in the north end of New Bedford, these were among the largest and most innovative of the New Bedford mill properties.

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Media Coordinator: Pat Daughton
Tour guide: Bruce Barnes
Video by Steve Gladstone:    / stevesboston  

Many thanks to Spinner Publications, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the New Bedford Free Public Library, Google Earth, and other public domain sources for many of the illustrative images used in the video.