1870

"Merrill and Houston Iron Works"

Paper Machines:

Steinburg and Oertell

50" Cylinder

Wisconsin

Kankakee Paper Mill

68" Cylinder

Illinois

Orton Brothers Mill

62" Cylinder

Illinois

Comments:

Alonzo Aldrich arrived in Beloit with his parents

at age twelve where he attended public schools.

On April 1 a dryer exploded in the Strawboard

Mill blowing the nearest wall into the Rock River.