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E. C. Singer was an American engineer (and the nephew of Isaac Singer, inventor of the sewing machine) [1] who worked on secret projects for the benefit of the Confederate States of America and invented a spar torpedo used during the U.S. Civil War. [2] Singer's torpedo was a large explosive device mounted on the tip of a long spar.
His mill produced satinet, a waterproof fabric used in whaling and sea-going outerwear. Thomas Bradley bought the property in 1845 and erected a new textile mill which prospered until the 1860s, largely due to the popularity of satinet's use in waterproofing Civil War military uniforms.
Presentation quilts were meant to celebrate a given event such as an engagement, or a family moving away. Album quilts similarly were meant to remember an event. Album quilts received their name because the quilting blocks looked like pages combined into a quilt. Each block designed by friends and family and sewn together to make one quilt.
Commonly three layers are used with a filler material. These layers traditionally include a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding, and a woven back combined using the techniques of quilting. This is the process of sewing on the face of the fabric, and not just the edges, to combine the three layers together to reinforce the material ...
The new mill no longer needed water power, but instead used steam engines to power generators. The mill made only yarn until 1893 when they began to produce fabrics as well. That was the year that they made the first Chatham Blanket. In 1895 the company started making wool suiting fabric and brought a tailor from New York to make suits. [2]
This foundry mark on a Civil War memorial in Attleboro, Massachusetts, indicates that the Spalding company acquired Ames Foundries. In addition to producing military equipment for many years, including swords, cannons, and cannonballs, it produced sewing machine and bicycle parts in the later 19th century.