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The cotton mill Cantoni

The rebirth of an abandoned area

Today only some facades on Sempione Avenue and  the route of the road that separated the factories remain of the inmense Cantoni textile factory.

Cantoni street, now Barlocco street, before the factory was demolished between 2003 and 2004.
In this area, before the founder of Costanzo Cantoni cotton mill came into possession, there was a double mill, already reported in 1772, owned by the Archbishopric of Milan and the Count Giovanni Prata.
The mill was used mainly to grind wheat almost exclusively for the benefit of the archiepiscopal canteen of Milan. Later, between 1829 and 1839, it was incorporated into the plant and then adapted with new technologies and finally demolished for production needs.