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Following the death of Leroy Springs in 1931, Springs Industries entered into a 28 year era, overseen by Elliot White Springs, still know today as “The Colonel.” After assuming the presidency of five...
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Aerial view of the Lancaster Mill of Springs Industries, in Lancaster, August 1946. The community of Lancaster is the county seat of Lancaster County, named for the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, home of...
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Reedy River Falls, site of the Camperdown Textile Mill, Greenville. Courtesy of the Greenville County Historical Society.
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An aerial photo of the site of the new Gregg Finishing Plant shows the original Graniteville Mills in the right foreground (see William Gregg and The Graniteville Mill). Newtown, a newer section of...
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Columbia Duck Mill textile plant, photographed in 1935. Constructed next to the Columbia Canal in 1893, the Mount Vernon Mill, also known as the Columbia Duck Mill because it manufactured heavy "duck"...
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The town of Pacolet, in Spartanburg County, attracted large numbers of workers to its mills. Here, a number of mill operatives cross the iron bridge over the Pacolet River in 1913. Courtesy of the...
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"Close-up view of house loaded on two trailers ready to be moved. Boy Scout Cabin Site is immediately at right-hand side of picture." This photograph was taken on January 29, 1949, as construction...
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Railroad timetables were published in local newspapers to enable business and private travelers to plan their journeys. Note the amount of time that it took to travel from Greenville to Columbia in...
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The first locomotive built in the United States for actual service on a railroad was the "Best Friend of Charleston." It was built at the West Point Foundry Shops in New York City for the South...
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The West Point Rice Mills at Charleston's harbor boasted docks large enough to load and unload large vessels such as this three-masted schooner, "Warren Moore," pictured in 1907. The last rice cargo...