Mechanical Fabric Company
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| Location | 55 Cromwell St., 40, 40R, 50, and 50R Sprague St., Providence, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°48′33″N 71°25′35″W / 41.80917°N 71.42639°W |
| Built | 1891 |
| NRHP reference No. | 13001059 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 8, 2014 |
The Mechanical Fabric Company is a historic factory complex on Cromwell and Sprague Streets in Providence, Rhode Island. It consists of six brick buildings, arranged in roughly parallel rows in a city block bounded by Cromwell, Sprague, and Dexter Streets, and Elmwood Avenue. They were built between 1891 and about 1925. The Mechanical Fabric Company was a major player in the city's rubber industry, and was particularly notable as the site of innovations in the development and manufacture of pneumatic bicycle tires.[2]
The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]
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References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Mechanical Fabric Company" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
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- Industrial buildings completed in 1865
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- Buildings and structures in Providence, Rhode Island
- National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island
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