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The first recorded paper mill in the Iberian Peninsula was in Xàtiva in 1056. [74] [75] Papermaking reached Europe as early as 1085 in Toledo and was firmly established in Xàtiva, Spain by 1150. During the 13th century mills were established in Amalfi, Fabriano, and Treviso, Italy, and other Italian towns by 1340.
The History of Papermaking in New York had its beginnings in the late 18th century, at a time when linen and cotton rags were the primary source of fibers in the manufacturing process. By 1850 there were more than 106 paper mills in New York, more than in any other state. [1]
Early paper in Massachusetts was, as was common in Europe, made from cotton and linen rags. [1] As the 18th century progressed, the demand for printed books was increasingly met by local printers, so the demand for paper increased and rags became scarce. [1] One paper manufacturer in Massachusetts even issued paper with a "Save Rags' watermark. [1]
Subsequently, Delaware county in Pennsylvania, became the paper-mill center in the latter years of the 18th century. Franklin as a writer often wrote at length about the importance of paper making and how it was integral to the printing and publishing industry.
Rittenhouse established America's first paper mill on the Monoshone Creek. William Rittenhouse (1644 – 1708) was an American papermaker and businessman. He served as an apprentice papermaker in the Netherlands and, after moving to the Pennsylvania Colony, established the first paper mill in the North American colonies, helping to meet the growing demand for paper among the Early American ...
Over the centuries the paper mill was in possession of many stationery-manufacturing families and masters. Throughout the 17th and 18th century the paper mill was a supplier of writing and scratch paper as well as of paperboard. In 1729, the mill acquired a revolutionary invention - the hollander beater - to prepare paper pulp. It was probably ...
On the eve of the French Revolution, the commune of Toulouse authorized the installation of nine amidonniers - hence the name given to the district - five tanneries and two paper mills... "In the 18th century, the mills of Bazacle were a famous example of technical modernity throughout Europe and appeared in the Encyclopedia of Diderot and d ...
The site of the Bemis Mill has an industrial history dating to the 18th century. A dam was built across the river no later than 1778, and David Bemis built a paper mill on this site the following year, likely on the site of an even older mill. Bemis also built mills across the river in Watertown, that eventually became a successful textile ...