RAMTAIL FACTORY

NAME: Ramtail factory COUNTY: usa ROADS: 4WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: New England snow/winter, hot/summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: fall

COMMENTS: no residents. ruins of a haunted factory and other small buildings REMAINS: ruins and walls

1799 the potter family started a worsted mill in Foster, RI. by 1810 they took on the son-in-law Peleg Walker. there was a falling out and he hung himself in the mill. Soon the bellrope would ring at midnight then they removed the rope and the bell rang still. they removed the bell and were awaken in the middle of the night by the factory running full tilt with the water wheel running opposite the flow of the river. Walker was the night watchman and would ring the bell to summon the workers. He was seen a few times and soon the mill went out of business. It is in the RI 1885 census as officially being haunted. for more in depth info, look in the October issue of Fate magazine for my article on the Ram Tail Factory. Submitted by: Thomas D'Agostino

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