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Construction date 1880/1885
Constructed by Amman e Wepfer
Start of production 1885
Power supply Part water and part electric. Electricity supply guaranteed by Pordenone power line and own production through junction box able to produce around 100 kW per day.
Company structure Cotonificio Amman &Weppfer
Cotonificio Amman
Cotonificio Veneziano
Benigno Crespi
Manifatture Toscane riunite
Cotonificio Veneziano
Gruppo Olcese
Employees Mainly female, initially aged 11 and above.
War period 1915/1918 Production almost came to a complete standstill and resumed in the early 1920s.
War period 1940/1945 The cotton mill was turned into a torpedo factory – workforce came from the Whitehead factory in Fiume (Istria-Croatia).
Post-war Production resumed in 1954 and the cotton mill eventually employed up to 350 people
End of production 31/12/1999
MILL (taken from Aal P.R.G.C. report by the CISES)
Earliest mention 1247 – Otto di Fiume renounces the property in favour of Ermanno, Abbot of Sesto.
First sale 1248 – the Abbot of Sesto sells the Fiume feudal villa and property, then known as the “Villa de Servi e del Molino”, to Gubertino and Domenico Cossio of Prata.
Other owners 1478 – owned by the Ricchieri, a local Pordenone family originally from the Veneto.
1628 – the Ricchieri sell the mill to Bortolo Cavanis
1670 – the mill is owned by Ca de Piero.