Day's mill became Scott's Woolen Mill in later years. Today the former Scott's Mill at "Elmdale", houses some remnant businesses related to now dormant mills that once thrived here including Bernat Yarn company. (once the nation's second leading yarn plant) Wheelockville mills The early textile mills in Wheelockville in historic order were the Daniel Day (manufacturer) mill, the first local woolen carding Mill at Elmdale, 1809, The Luke Taft Mill, 1825, and the later Waucantuck Mill near the site of the Luke Taft Mill. Each of these early mills were on the West River (Massachusetts), and the two earliest mills were water powered. In 1852, the Stanley Woolen mill was built by Moses Taft nearby on the Blackstone River. Industrial era photos Three mills built here are important to the early history of the Blackstone Valley: The Daniel Day Mill, 1809, the Luke Taft Mill, 1825, and the Moses Taft Mill, 1852. These three mills had connections to the famous American Taft family. In later years the Wheelock family had ownership of the Moses Taft Mill and the village took the name of Wheelockville. However that Mill is listed in the National Register as the Calumet Mill, or Central Woolen Mills District. The Waucantuck Mill Complex, was near the site of one of the original Luke Taft Mills, and was razed in 2010 because of toxic wastes. It was listed separately in the National Historic Register. The original mills built here by Daniel Day, and Luke Taft, were powered by water from the local rivers. This system of water powered mills, driven by dams, with spillways, and surrounded by mill villages, was first developed at nearby Slatersville, Rhode Island, by John and Samuel Slater, and became known as "The Rhode Island System". The Moses Taft Mill also held the name of the Calumet mill. The Wheelock family is an influential early American family with roots in this historic community. Wheelockville and Uxbridge are part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor of the National Park Service of the U.S. The Blackstone Valley is the earliest industrialized region in the United States. The Moses Taft mill ran 24/7 during the American Civil War making Union Blue Uniforms. The same mill made Khaki Uniforms and cloth for the armies of France and Italy during the World War I. This village was used for scenes in two movies, The Great Gatsby (1974