Chace eventually started a textile mill in Swansea in 1806 and founded the Valley Falls Company in Valley Falls, Rhode Island in 1839, which eventually through a series of mergers became the world known Berkshire Hathaway Company.
Chace eventually started a textile mill in Swansea in 1806 as well as the Troy and Fall River Manufactory in 1913 in Fall River, Massachusetts. He later founded the Valley Falls Company in Valley Falls, Rhode Island in 1839, which eventually through a series of mergers became the world known Berkshire Hathaway Company.