Lowell Sun January 2, 1973
“Police said that the thieves entered the building through the boiler room, climbed up onto the roof and then used a 40’ ladder to reach the large weather vane.
“The weather vane which is fashioned of brass and has a ram affixed to the top of its pole is reported to be over 100 years old, and worth several hundred dollars.”
In 1979, the weathervane was found in an antique shop by the Connecticut State Police and was returned to Murray Printing. Murray Printing owned the former Abbot Worsted building when the weathervane was stolen and continued to own it in 1979. See Lowell Sun photo and article, page 2.
Lowell Sun August 7, 1997
“The weathervane is now owned by Courier of Westford which now occupies the building.
“Carmen Frederico, the company’s director of finance, says Courier cannot care for the weathervane any more. He said it has been sitting in a vault for at least a decade, and belongs in the public domain.
“[The weathervane] will be sold Sunday at Skinner Inc. in Bolton and history buffs are trying to figure out how to keep it in town.
“… the weathervane, now valued at $50,000 to $60,000, originally sat atop Abbot Worsted Mill in Forge Village in the late 1800s.”Fall 2015
In a telephone conversation, Skinner would give no information as to who the buyer had been in 1997 or if they knew the whereabouts of the weathervane now.
Marilyn Day and Ellen Harde
February 12, 2019 
