The Office Boy Who Starved an Empire

Frederic Dumaine started as a fourteen-year-old office boy in 1880. Forty-five years later, he was running the largest textile mill on earth — and a decision he made in 1925, which critics later said left it dangerously underfunded, came just before the Great Depression hit. This is the story of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, the man who ran it, and the city that refused to die without it. Chapters: 00:00 Intro: The office boy 00:57 Chapter 1: The largest mill on earth 02:23 Chapter 2: Climbing the ladder 03:42 Chapter 3: A city within a city 04:40 Chapter 4: The Strike of 1922 05:54 Chapter 5: The decision that changed everything 06:57 Chapter 6: Collapse 08:46 Chapter 7: The city that wouldn't die 09:48 The lesson Sources: CLUI.org; Ancestry.com; TIME Magazine archive; Wikipedia (Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, T. Jefferson Coolidge, 1936 Northeastern United States flood); Union Leader; NH Radical History; Manchester Ink Link; Encyclopedia.com. Music: 'There Was A Time' and 'Aphelion' by Scott Buckley, released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au This video uses AI-assisted visuals and narration. For education and entertainment only. This channel uses AI-assisted visuals and narration. Content is for entertainment and education only, not financial advice. #FredericDumaine #Amoskeag #CompanyTown #ManchesterNH #AmericanHistory #TextileMills #GreatDepression #BusinessHistory #NewHampshire