Thomas Kay Woolen Mill Museum, Salem, OR Photos

The Thomas Kay Woolen Mill & Mission Mill Museum features early weaving production and a collection of heritage buildings moved to the site of one of Salem, Oregon's early industries.

See also: Salem
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Thomas Kay Woolen Mill & Mission Mill Museum seen from Oregon State Capitol dome.

Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, now entrance to Mission Mill Museum (260 12th St. SE).

Dye house of Thomas Kay Woolen Mill at Mission Mill Museum.

Thomas Kay Woolen Mill (1898) at Mission Mill Museum.
Architect: Walter D. Pugh. On National Register.

Mill race of Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.

Mill race of Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.

Dye house straddles mill race beside Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.

Machines arrayed for steps of wool blanket production in Thomas Kay Woolen Mill museum.

Carding machine at Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.

Carding machine maker's plate of Davis & Furber Machine Co., North Andover, Mass at Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.

Crompton & Knowles Loom Works fabric loom at Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.

Crompton & Knowles Loom Works fabric loom mechanism details at Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.

Machine to spin threads from spools of wool roving onto spindles at Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.

Roving thread spinning machine maker's plate of Johnson & Bassett, Worcester, Mass at Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.

Spindles of wool roving thread spinning machine at Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.

Thomas Kay Woolen Mill time clock.

Rotary Steam Press (1920) by Curtis Marble at Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.

Fulling Machine (1875) by James Hunter to shrink wool at Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.

Teasels growing outside Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.

Flower in gardens of Mission Mill Museum.

Jason Lee House (1841) (oldest frame house in Pacific Northwest) at Mission Mill Museum. On National Register.

Verandah of Jason Lee House at Mission Mill Museum.

Methodist Parsonage (1841) at Mission Mill Museum.
On National Register.

John D. Boon House (1847) at Mission Mill Museum. On National Register.

Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church (1858) moved from Aumsville to Mission Mill Museum. On National Register.


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