Editing Thompsonville, Connecticut (section)

==History==
Thompsonville was established in the 19th century as a carpet-[[manufacturing]] community. Orrin Thompson, from whom the community takes its name, built a [[dam]] across Freshwater Brook in 1828 and opened the first [[carpet]] mill in 1829. Thompson's first mill, named "White Mill", employed skilled [[weaving|weaver]]s brought from [[Scotland]]. Initially its product was largely flat-woven ingrain carpeting, an inexpensive type of carpeting, but over time it added more expensive weaves, such as three-ply ingrain and loop brussels. The mill had 230 [[power loom|loom]]s in operation as of 1846.<ref name=TvilleCarpet>{{Cite web|url=http://www.enfieldhistoricalsociety.org/EHScarpet.html|title=The Enfield Historical Society}}</ref>

[[File:(Bird's-eye view of Thompsonville (now Enfield), Connecticut). LOC 91680391.jpg|thumb|[[Panoramic map]] of Thompsonville with images of sights inset]]
Carpeting continued to be manufactured in Thompsonville until 1971, by which time most production had shifted to the [[southern United States]].<ref name=TvilleCarpet/>