Victory Mills
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Victory Mills is a historic textile mill
building located at Victory
in Saratoga County, New York
. It was built in 1918 by the American Manufacturing Company and is a rectangular, five story brick and reinforced concrete
building measuring 282 feet (86 m) by 157 feet (47.9 m). It has about 210000 square feet (19,509.6 m²) of space. It features six tower structures, five for stairs and one holding a water tower
. It operated as a textile mill until 1929, when operations moved to Alabama. In 1937, it was purchased by the United Board and Carton Corporation, later A.L. Garber / Wheelabrator-Frye, then Clevepak Corporation / Victory Specialty Packaging Company who manufactured folding cartons.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2009.
Textile manufacturing
Textile manufacturing is a major industry. It is based in the conversion of three types of fibre into yarn, then fabric, then textiles. These are then fabricated into clothes or other artifacts. Cotton remains the most important natural fibre, so is treated in depth...
building located at Victory
Victory, Saratoga County, New York
----Victory is a village in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 544 at the 2000 census. The village is located in the northeast part of the town of Saratoga, southwest of and bordering the village of Schuylerville. Victory is one of the smallest villages in New York.-...
in Saratoga County, New York
Saratoga County, New York
Saratoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 219,607. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Ballston Spa...
. It was built in 1918 by the American Manufacturing Company and is a rectangular, five story brick and reinforced concrete
Concrete
Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
building measuring 282 feet (86 m) by 157 feet (47.9 m). It has about 210000 square feet (19,509.6 m²) of space. It features six tower structures, five for stairs and one holding a water tower
Water tower
A water tower or elevated water tower is a large elevated drinking water storage container constructed to hold a water supply at a height sufficient to pressurize a water distribution system....
. It operated as a textile mill until 1929, when operations moved to Alabama. In 1937, it was purchased by the United Board and Carton Corporation, later A.L. Garber / Wheelabrator-Frye, then Clevepak Corporation / Victory Specialty Packaging Company who manufactured folding cartons.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2009.