Letter Health Consultation: Woods Woolen Mill Site, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. EPA Facility ID: NHD986467777

摘要

The Woods Woolen Mill Site is a former industrial site located on 2.4-acres of land on the Contoocook River, adjacent to West Mill Street in Hillsborough NH. The site is bounded to the north and west by the Contoocook River. There is an undeveloped wooded area to the south and a residential area to the east of the site beyond West Mill Street. The mill, which was constructed in 1880, produced cloth for various clothing and overcoat products. During its period of operation, the mill complex consisted of the original mill building, a boiler house, warehouse building and office/residential building. The Woods family purchased the mill in 1945 and used it for the production of yarn. The property was sold in 1977 and the mill buildings closed in the mid-1980s. The site has been abandoned since that time. Two of the buildings, the original mill building and warehouse building, were demolished and subsequently removed. There have been several subsequent changes of ownership; the property has been owned by the Town of Hillsborough since 2004.