As demand increased, a storage plant was constructed in Fall River (Connors 2003). The mill complex was enlarged between 18 to include an additional stone mill and four storehouses. A backup steam engine provided power when necessary. The mill owners impounded the river, creating Lake Noquochoke to provide waterpower to the factory for roughly nine months out of the year.
The village industries expanded around 1854 with the arrival of the Lewis and Trafford brothers, who utilized several existing stone mill buildings and built new structures to ac commodate their cordage business. The company developed as an offshoot support industry for Fall River’s textile factories. The Westport Cotton Manufacturing Company occupied a wooden building in the village center that was replaced in 1828 by the granite building that stood into the recent past. 1795 operation) were located around the Factory Village area (Butler 1973). The historic development of mill activity has been documented as early as 1812, but it is highly likely that earlier mills (including a ca. A thriving manufacturing area formed around the confluence of Lake Noquochoke, the East Branch of the Westport River, and Bread and Cheese Brook. The Westport Factory Village area lies at the southeastern boundary of the Westport Factory Zone and is partially located in the town of Dartmouth. 1871 inset map of Westport Mills (source: Beers 1871).
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