A large fire tore through the Firth Carpet Company mill in Cornwall (Orange County) on Sunday January 15, 2012. Built on the Moodna Creek, the mill was later owned by the Majestic Weaving Company and currently houses a number of small businesses. The extent of the fire is uncertain but it seems that some buildings escaped serious damage.
News from Cornwall and Cornwall-on-Hudson
Photos below from March 4, 2006 (plus one from April 2008).
BONUS 1:
Uphill from the carpet mill is this sweet little ruin, an abandoned confectionery, if the sign is believed to be original to the building.
The confectionery appears as the white building at center in this postcard above.
BONUS 2:
Here is a great photo taken by Harold Fredericks in 1959 of the fantastic Firthcliffe station of the New York, Ontario and Western Railway. The demolished station stood a short distance east of the entrance to the carpet mill. Here is a model of the station made by Rich Cobb, and a painting in the Bethlehem Art Gallery.
I loved these pictures of the Firth Carpet company. My grandfather Samuel Warden worked there from 1906 until 1953.
Hello John,
Excellent, I’m glad that photos are meaningful to people who have personal connections to these sites.
Thanks,
-Rob.
Hello John
I also had Warden family working at the Carpet Mill, John William Warden 1860–1943 married my 1st cousin 4x removed.. Hannah Owen and most of their children worked in the mill in one form or another..
Regards
John
i worked here in the early 70s for Gallery 1412 broadway nyc. i commuted from Brooklyn ny 81 miles to this place when you could only get $2 of gas every other day. The Thomas’s owned this printing plant.
My Grandfather, Dad, one of my brothers and I all worked there at different times. WOW 3 generations 😊 I remember inspecting all those big rolls of material for flaws! THANKS for posting!