A woolen mill was started in the village at an early day, and was reestablished in 1862 by Erastus ROCKWELL. This mill long had an extended reputation for the production of fine cloths, and turned out 60,000 yards annually. E. S. ROCKWELL and George M. ROCKWELL are sons of Erastus, and the mill passed to their control in 1870, under the firm name of E. S. ROCKWELL & Brother. The senior of the firm purchased a large mill at Tiffin, O., in 1883, and the business in Dryden continued under the style of G. M. ROCKWELL & Co. (E. S. ROCKWELL constituting the company) until 1891, when the Dryden Woolen Company was incorporated; capital $50,000. In December, 1892, the business failed, owing to the depressed and uncertain condition of the trade.
-Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York by John H. Selkreg, 1894
-Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York by John H. Selkreg, 1894
A woolen mill was started in the village at an early day, and was reestablished in 1862 by Erastus ROCKWELL. This mill long had an extended reputation for the production of fine cloths, and turned out 60,000 yards annually. E. S. ROCKWELL and George M. ROCKWELL are sons of Erastus, and the mill passed to their control in 1870, under the firm name of E. S. ROCKWELL & Brother. The senior of the firm purchased a large mill at Tiffin, O., in 1883, and the business in Dryden continued under the style of G. M. ROCKWELL & Co. (E. S. ROCKWELL constituting the company) until 1891, when the Dryden Woolen Company was incorporated; capital $50,000. In December, 1892, the business failed, owing to the depressed and uncertain condition of the trade.
-Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York by John H. Selkreg, 1894
-Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York by John H. Selkreg, 1894
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