| Construction date |
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1880/1885 |
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| Constructed by |
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Amman e Wepfer |
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| Start of production |
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1885 |
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| Power supply |
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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. |
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| Company structure |
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Cotonificio Amman &Weppfer
Cotonificio Amman
Cotonificio Veneziano
Benigno Crespi
Manifatture Toscane riunite
Cotonificio Veneziano
Gruppo Olcese
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| Employees |
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Mainly female, initially aged 11 and above. |
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| War period 1915/1918 |
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Production almost came to a complete standstill and resumed in the early 1920s. |
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| War period 1940/1945 |
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The cotton mill was turned into a torpedo factory – workforce came from the Whitehead factory in Fiume (Istria-Croatia). |
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| Post-war |
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Production resumed in 1954 and the cotton mill eventually employed up to 350 people |
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| End of production |
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31/12/1999 |
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| MILL |
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(taken from Aal P.R.G.C. report by the CISES) |
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| Earliest mention |
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1247 – Otto di Fiume renounces the property in favour of Ermanno, Abbot of Sesto. |
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| First sale |
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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. |
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| Other owners |
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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.
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