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  • E. Economic Activity in South Carolina | History of SC Slide Collection

I. Textile Mills

The Cotton Textile Industry | History of SC Slide Collection
The Cotton Textile Industry | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 1

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The cotton textile industry became one of South Carolina's leading sources of income by the end of the 19th century, but it had its origins in two sets of related technological advances in the late...
The Graniteville Mill | History Of SC Slide Collection
The Graniteville Mill | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 2

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The Graniteville Mill, built by William Gregg (see William Gregg) in 1846, was one of the first cotton textile mills in the South, and laid the basis for the expansion of South Carolina's textile...
Eddie Norton, A Sweeper In the Saxon Mill | History of SC Slide Collection
Eddie Norton, A Sweeper In the Saxon Mill | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 3

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Eddie Norton, a sweeper in the Saxon Mill, Spartanburg, was photographed by the child labor reformer Lewis Hine on May 17, 1912, for the U.S. Child Labor Commission. Courtesy of the National Archives...
The Woodside Cotton Mill | History of SC Slide Collection
The Woodside Cotton Mill | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 4

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The Woodside Cotton Mill in Greenville boasted in this 1913 postcard view that it was the largest complete cotton mill under one roof in America. The trolley brought mill operatives directly to the...
The Olympia and Granby Cotton Mills | History of SC Slide Collection
The Olympia and Granby Cotton Mills | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 5

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Not to be outdone by Greenville's claim (see The Woodside Cotton Mill), this Columbia postcard of around 1915 describes the Olympia and Granby Cotton Mills: "Olympia Mill, the largest cotton mill...
The Mount Vernon Mill | History of SC Slide Collection
The Mount Vernon Mill | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 6

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The Mount Vernon Mill, also known as the Columbia Duck Mill because it manufactured heavy cotton duck cloth, is now the site for South Carolina's State Museum. It was the first electric-powered...
The Fairfield Cotton Mill | History of SC Slide Collection
The Fairfield Cotton Mill | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 7

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The Fairfield Cotton Mill, built in 1898, expanded its operation with the construction of this new building in 1918. The original owners sold the plant to Hampton Cotton Mills of Greenville in 1912...
Unloading Raw Cotton At Winnsboro Mills | History of SC Slide Collection
Unloading Raw Cotton At Winnsboro Mills | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 8

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Unloading raw cotton from the train at the Winnsboro Mills, around 1929. Courtesy of Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Manufacturing.
Raw Cotton Is Carded In Sliver | History of SC Slide Collection
Raw Cotton Is Carded In Sliver | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 9

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Raw cotton is carded in sliver, a thick rope of cotton fibers, in the #2 plant of the Winnsboro Mills, around 1930. Courtesy of Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Manufacturing.
A Man Threads Cotton Thread Onto Spools | History of SC Slide Collection
A Man Threads Cotton Thread Onto Spools | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 10

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A man threads cotton thread onto spools at the Mount Vernon Mill, 1960-62. Courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.

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