Textile Mills

Many textile mills sprang up in the South and the U.S. during the Gilded Age. These facilities produced or processed textiles into finished products like clothes.

The West Point Rice Mills | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The West Point Rice Mills | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 5

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...

Winnsboro Mills Research Laboratory | History of SC Slide Collection

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Winnsboro Mills Research Laboratory | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 14

The Winnsboro Mills maintained a research laboratory as well as a production plant at their Fairfield County headquarters. This laboratory was set up around 1930, and photographed by William F. Cone...

Unloading Raw Cotton At Winnsboro Mills | History of SC Slide Collection

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Unloading Raw Cotton At Winnsboro Mills | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 8

Unloading raw cotton from the train at the Winnsboro Mills, around 1929. Courtesy of Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Manufacturing.

The Olympia and Granby Cotton Mills | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Olympia and Granby Cotton Mills | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 5

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...

Houses Constructed by the Winnsboro Mill | History of SC Slide Collection

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Houses Constructed by the Winnsboro Mill | History of SC Slide Collection

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These houses were constructed by the Winnsboro Mill, now a part of the Uniroyal facility in Fairfield County, around 1929. The mill owners provided housing as a way to attract workers or operatives to...

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