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Owen Glove Lining website
Formerly of Watertown
Operated in Watertown until Sept. of 2013.
416 S First
Crescent Woolen Mills in Two Rivers, WI is the new owner of Owen Glove Lining.
OWEN GLOVE LINING CO KNITTING MILL
1890
1890, Watertown Shoe Factory, Weltburger, 03 29 1890, drawing, WHS_005_862
1890, Watertown Shoe Factory, Weltburger, 06 07 1890, drawing, WHS_005_866
1981, 416 S First, just before demolition WHS_005_986
1909
1909, Brandt-Dent Co, gas &
electric light fixture mfgs, 416-422
S First
2014
05 20 OWEN GLOVE LINING PURCHASED
TWO RIVERS, Wis. —
May 20, 2014 — Crescent Woolen Mills Company, a Two Rivers, WI – based custom
spinner of wool, synthetic and blended fibers into yarn, has acquired the
assets of Owen Glove Lining Co. of Watertown, WI. Owen Glove Lining is a
manufacturer of knitted wool and synthetic cloth used in the manufacture of
safety, welding and firefighter gloves. All
equipment and inventory of Owen Glove has been moved to Crescent’s Two Rivers’
plant, which began production and shipping of lining fabric in November of
2013.
“Wool’s natural
fire-retardant properties make our wool yarn a natural component for the Owen
Glove lining fabric. Our ability to custom-blend wool and other fibers with the
fire-resistant yarns used in safety products affords Crescent Woolen Mills the
opportunity to uniquely meet our customers’ needs,” according to Guy J.
Webster, President.
Crescent Woolen
Mills Co., a sixth-generation family-owned business, operates in an 85,000
square foot plant and as been manufacturing in Two
Rivers since 1923. The business was begun by Matthew Webster who began work in
a textile mill in Pudsey, England at the age of 12 and emigrated to the United
States in 1855.
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History of Watertown, Wisconsin