The story
Founded by Horatio Hathaway in 1888.1
The company was founded in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1888 by Horatio Hathaway, a China trader and whaler in the Pacific.
Hathaway became the largest manufacturer of rayon suits.
In 1955, the company merged with Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates of Adams, Massachusetts to form Berkshire Hathaway.
In 1985, Berkshire Hathaway shut the last textile operations. A mill, sold in 1985 for $215,000, was torn down in January 2014 after failing to find a buyer.
From Wikipedia’s article on Hathaway Mills, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3