Dery Silk Mill

Dery Silk Mill (HM2GUP)

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N 40° 38.95', W 75° 28.062'

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Here was D. George Dery's first Pennsylvania silk mill, built 1897 and later enlarged. By 1914, Dery had 15 mills in this state and one in Massachusetts, employing some 4,000 people; was considered the world's largest individual silk manufacturer. Operations ceased, 1923.
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HM NumberHM2GUP
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Year Placed1998
Placed ByPennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
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Date Added Friday, May 17th, 2019 at 5:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 460457 N 4499917
Decimal Degrees40.64916667, -75.46770000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 38.95', W 75° 28.062'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 38' 57" N, 75° 28' 3.7200000000001" W
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