QUILT HISTORY STORIES
ELGIN, ILLINOIS
BECKET, MASSACHUSETTS
Berkshire and Becket Silk Story
Book 3
Susan Wildemuth, Atkinson, IL
Berkshire and Becket Silk Company Spool of Thread
Author’s Collection
Quick Facts and Significant Dates
Established: About 1885
First Silk Mill Built About 1885
Berkshire and Becket Silk Company
Becket, Massachusetts
First Silk Mill - Built 1885
Owned by Samuel K. Smith
Courtesy of Berkshire Historical Society
Second Silk Mill Built About 1890
Berkshire and Becket Silk Company
Becket, Massachusetts
Second Mill – Built 1890
Owned by Samuel K. Smith
Courtesy of Berkshire Historical Society
Collingbourne Mills, Purchased in 1924-1925
Inc.
Elgin, Illinois
Destroyed by Flood 1927
Products Produced:
Berkshire and Becket Silk Company manufactured of silk thread for sewing, embroidering, and crocheting.
Founder: Samuel K. Smith
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