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This category contains links to web sites dedicated to historic yarn spinning or cloth weaving mills.

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• A Brief History of the Thomaston Mills

  http://home.windstream.net/tuarch/tmhistory.htm
  The history of the Thomaston Cotton Mills and mill villages in Thomaston, Georgia, from 1899 until the last mill of Thomaston Mills, Inc. was sold in 2001.

• A History of the Assabet Mills

  http://web.maynard.ma.us/history/mill-history.htm
  The history of the water powered Assabet Mills in Maynard, Massachusetts, founded as a grist mill in 1820 and transformed in 1847 into a carpet yarn spinning and carpet weaving mill by Amory Maynard and William Knight, and developed in the largest woolen mill in the world until its closure in 1950.

• B.J. Bandy and Bartow Textiles: Creating an Industry

  http://www.kennesaw.edu/research/crhc/articles/bandy.html
  The history of the Bartow Textiles Company, producers of turfted carpets and bed spreads in Cartersville, Georgia, and the family that created it, which was built in 1940 and developed into one of the largest tufting companies in the country until its closure in 1953. Author: Randall L. Patton.

• Ballasalla Cotton Mill

  http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/history/ind_arch/cotton.htm
  The short lived history of the water powered Ballasalla Cotton Mill on the Isle of Man, UK, founded in 1780 by Deeemster Thomas Moore and folded in 1794 as a result of import duties imposed by and Act of Parliament.

• Barrington Woolen Mill

  http://woolenmill.novascotia.ca/
  Web site of the water powered woollen textile mill in Barrington Nova Scotia, Canada, founded in 1882 and closed in 1962 after which it became part of the Nova Scotia museum system.

• Bellevue Mill Village

  http://www.orangenchistory.org/publications/BellevueMillHistory-3.pdf
  The history of the Belle-Vue Cotton Manufacturing Company and the mill village it founded in 1905 and sold to William L. Barrell Co in 1957. Placed on the National Register of Historic Placed in the 1980's.

• Bemis Mill Village

  http://www.bemishistory.org/
  Historic cotton mill and mill town in Bemis, Tennessee, constructed in 1900 and listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. Detailed history and stories.

• Bonham Cotton Mill

  http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/drb01
  The history of the Bonham cotton textile mill and mill village in Bonham, Texas, founded in 1900, changing ownership several times before closure as a result of cheaper imports in 1970.

• Catherine Street Mill

  http://www.cumbria-industries.org.uk/catherine.htm
  The history of the Catherine Street flax mill in Whitehaven, UK, built in 1809 and closed with the decline of the linen industry in 1853. Excerpt from the article 'Who Built the Catherine Street Mill?' by Margaret Robinson.

• Chadderton Mills

  http://www.chadderton-hs.freeuk.com/page3-chadd-mills.htm
  Short history of the cotton textile industry in Chadderton, United Kingdom, where the first water powered cotton mill was built in 1776 and developed into one of the most important textile centers in Lancashire with over 60 mills in 1950, until the closure of the last yarn spinning mill in 200. Includes a list of all textile processing factories known to have existed in Chadderton.

• Charlestown Cotton Mills and Dyeworks

  http://www.charlestownhistory.org.uk/mills.html
  The history of the water and steam powered cotton textile mills and dyeworks in the Charlestown and Eastwood areas in Northern England, from the latter half of the 1700's to the 1980's.

• Charlottesville Woolen Mills

  http://www.historicwoolenmills.org/
  History of Charlottesville and its cotton textile industry from the 1830's to the first World War. Includes articles about the 1918 strike and the mill workers, historic maps and a blog.

• Chicken Hill

  http://www.chickenhillnc.com/gallery.htm
  The history of the Asheville Cotton Mill and the Chicken Hill mill village in Asheville, North Carolina, constructed in the 1880's by the C. E. Graham Manufacturing Company, purchased by the Cone Mills in 1894 which operated it until its final closure in 1953.

• Coldharbour Mill

  http://www.coldharbourmill.org.uk/
  Historic worsted yarn spinning mill which is still in operation, built by Thomas Fox in 1799 in the village of Uffculme, Devon, UK, and active in education, guided tours and workshops. Calendar of events. Links to related sites.

• Conway Mill

  http://www.conwaymill.org/
  The history of the linen industry in Ireland and the Conway Mill in Belfast, founded in 1842 by James Kennedy and folded in 1976 due to cotton becoming the more important fiber for garments and home textiles. Bought by Conway Community Enterprises in the 1980's and in the process of being restored as a working museum.

• Derwent Valley Mills

  http://www.derwentvalleymills.org/
  Series of silk and cotton textile mills constructed since 1721 in the Derwent Valley area in England, and which from 1770's onwards followed Richard Arkwright's waterpowered factory system model. History and descriptions of mills. Biographies. Glossary of terms. List of publications and bibliography. Inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2001.

• E. Van Winkle Gin & Machine Works

  http://www.artery.org/MurrayMill.htm
  The history of the E. Van Winkle Gin and Machine Works (the Murray Company) complex, constructed in 1889 and developed into one of the largest industrial complexes in the US South dedicated to the manufacture of cotton ginning and processing machinery.

• Empire Cotton Mills

  http://www.welland.library.on.ca/industry/Factory%20Pages/Print%20Friendly/Empire%20Cotton%20Mills%20Simple.htm
  Short history of the Empire Cotton Mills and the Frenchtown mill village in Welland, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1913 and developed into one of the most modernly equipped cotton plants in North America.

• Enterprise Mill

  http://www.enterprisemill.com/index.php/Enterprise-Mill-History-Augusta-GA.html
  The history of the Enterprise Mills in Augusta, Georgia, originally founded as a flour mill by James L. Coleman in 1848 and converted into an cotton weaving mill in 1877 by Jones S. Davis. Closed in 1983.

• Erwin Cotton Mills

  http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2009/06/erwin-cotton-mills-mill-no1-and-mill-no.html
  The history of the Erwin Cotton Mills and mill village in Durham, North Carolina, founded in 1892 by George Watts and Ben Duke and closed in 1986.

• Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills

  http://www.library.gatech.edu/fulton_bag/history.html
  The history of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills in Atlanta, Georgia, started in a former slave market house in 1872 and in continuous operation until its closure in 1987.

• Glendale Cotton Mill

  http://www.glendalesc.com/bivingsville.html
  Short article about the history, development and time of prosperity, and eventual decline and closure of the Glendale Cotton Mill at Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. From the pages of Glendale, South Carolina.

• Greenwood Cotton Mill

  http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Greenwood-Mills-Inc-Company-History.html
  History of one of the oldest and most successful cotton mills in the United States in Greenwood, South Carolina, which was founded in 1889 by William Lowndes Durst and acquired by the Self family in 1935, under which ownership it still operates today as Greenwood Mills, Inc.

• Haw River Mills

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nchrha/History.htm
  Short history of the Haw River cotton textile mill in Haw River, North Carolina, built as the Granite Mills in 1844, changing owners and names, and currently part of the Cone Mills Corp.

• Historic Franklinsville

  http://sites.google.com/site/macwhat/historicfranklinsville
  The history of Franklinsville, North Carolina, as one of the first Southern mill villages, which' cotton textile mills were built in 1838 and remained in continuous operation until their closure in 1977. Includes information about the daily life and housing of mill workers, and descriptions of community institutions.

• History by a Graveyard: The Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills Records

  http://www.library.gatech.edu/fulton_bag/ms004/images/ms004-263.pdf
  The history of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills and mill village in Atlanta, Georgia focused around the search for the company's business records, founded by Jason Elsas in 1881 and closed in 1978. Author: Robert C. McMath, Jr.

• History of Mount Vernon Mills

  http://www.mvmills.com/content/history-of-mount-vernon
  The history of the Mount Vernon cotton textile mills in Baltimore, Maryland, originally constructed as flour and grist mills in 1810 and converted to cotton duck fabric manufacturing in the 1830's, and in continuous operation at the present.

• History of the Barbour Flax Spinning Company

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njpchsgc/bus/barbour_mill_history.pdf
  Short history of the Passaic Flax Thread Works, currently known as the Spruce Street Mill in Passaic County, New Jersey, US, built in 1864 and still in operation at the present.

• Kearney Cotton Mill

  http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/timeline/kearney_cotton_mill.htm
  Short history of the cotton textile mill in Kearney, Nebraska, constructed by the Cumnock brothers in 1892 and went bankrupt in 1901.

• Langthwaite Cotton Mill

  http://www.cumbria-industries.org.uk/langthwaite.htm
  Part of the article 'Langthwaite Cotton Mill' by D.J.W.Mawson in The Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society for 1976, presenting the history of the Langthwaite cotton mill in Carlisle, UK, from 1790 to its closure in 1888. From the Industrial History of Cumbria.

• Lithgow Woollen Mills

  http://www.lithgow-tourism.com/woollen.htm
  History of the water and steam powered woollen mills in Lithgow, Australia, founded in 1857 by Andrew Brown to produce tweed, and in continuous operation until the company folded in 1972.

• Lonaconing Silk Mill

  http://www.whilbr.org/SilkMill/index.aspx
  Project of Allegany High School students Anne Failing, Erin Degyansky, Chris Jewell and Amber Sallerson, researching the history of the Lonaconing silk textile mill in Cumberland, Maryland, which was in operation from 1907 until 1957.

• Manchaug Mills

  http://www.manchaugmills.com/history.html
  History of the water powered Manchaug Mills in Sutton, Massachusetts, founded in 1826 and closed in the 1920's. Renovated and transformed into a small business center in 1990.

• Mooresville Mill Village

  http://www.mooresvillemillvillage.com/history/beginnings.html
  History of the Mooresville Cotton Mills and mill villages in Mooresville, North Carolina, from 1893 until the Great Depression of the 1930's forced the mills into receivership.

• N-georgia.com: Enterprise Mill

  http://www.n-georgia.com/nps-augusta-canal-enterprise-mill.html
  The history of the Enterprise cotton mill in Augusta, Georgia, originally constructed as a flour mill in 1875 and converted into a textile manufacturing plant in the late 1880's by James P. Verdery. Closed in 1983, the mill was renovated and converted into an office, retail, and residential center in 1997.

• Pearl Cotton Mill

  http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/06/pearl-cotton-mill.html
  The history of the Pearl Cotton Mill in Durham, North Carolina, founded by Brodie Duke in 1892 and shut down in the 1950's.

• Preston Cotton Mills

  http://www.madeinpreston.co.uk/Cotton/cotton.html
  History of the textile mills in Preston, UK, which began with factory based cloth finishing in 1777, and came to a halt with the closure of the Courtaulds rayon mill in 1981.

• Proximity Cotton Mill

  http://www.proximityhotel.com/history.htm
  The history of Proximity Cotton Mill in Greensboro, North Carolina, constructed as part of the Cone Mills in 1895 and in continuous operation until it became part of the International Textiles Group in 2003.

• Quarry Bank Mill

  http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Quarry_Bank_Mill
  The history of the water powered Quarry Bank cotton textile mill and mill village in Wilmslow, Great Britain, founded in 1784 by Samuel Greg to become one of the largest textile mills of the country by 1830. In 1847 commercial operations came to an end. Owned and fully restored as a working textile museum by the National Trust.

• Roswell Mill

  http://roadsidegeorgia.com/site/roswell_mill.html
  History of the Roswell Mill and mill village in Giorgia, constructed in 1836 and destroyed by the Union Army during the Atlanta Campaign. Partially rebuilt after the war, and in continuous operation until its closure in 1975.

• Salem Cotton Mill

  http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-newsouth/5506
  The history of the Salem Cotton Mill in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which was founded in 1836 by the Moravian congregation and closed down in 1925. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places, the mill complex was converted to a hotel and restaurants in 1984.

• Salem Woolen Mills

  http://www.salemhistory.net/commerce/wool.htm
  The history of the Willamette Woolen Mill (founded in 1847 and destroyed by fire in 1875) and Thomas Kay Woolen Mill (founded in 1889 and sold to the Mission Mill Museum Association in 1965) in Salem, Oregon.

• Siluria Cotton Mill

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alshelby/SiluriaMills.html
  USA. The history of the Siluria Cotton Mill Company and mill village in Shelby County, Alabama, founded in 1869 and ceased operations in 1979. Includes a history of the families which have owned the mill.

• Stanley Mill

  http://www.brevardstation.com/community.html
  History of the Stanley Mills in Stanley, North Carolina, built in 1891 and in continuous operation as a textile mill under various different owners until its final closure in the 1980s.

• Stanley Woolen Mill

  http://www.blackstonedaily.com/Journeys/cm-swm.htm
  The history of the originally water powered Stanley Woollen Mill in Uxbridge near the Blackstone River in Massachusetts, founded in 1833 and folded in 1989. Currently in the process of being restored for recreation and business purposes.

• Syleham Mill

  http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/syleham.html
  The history of the water powered Syleham Mill in Norfolk, UK, built originally as a corn mill in 1779 and converted into a textile mill in the 1840's. In 1914 cloth production was terminated and the mill was transformed into a garment manufacturing factory which remained in operation under various owners until 1989.

• The Beginnings of the Textile Industry in Rowan County

  http://www.rowancountync.gov/GOVERNMENT/Departments/PublicLibrary/HistoryRoom/TheoBuerbaumsSalisbury/CottonMills/tabid/460/Default.aspx
  Short article about the development of the cotton textile industry in North Carolina's Rowan County, starting with the Salisbury Cotton Mills in the 1880's and growing into one of the largest mill areas of the state.

• The Cotton Mills of Bombay

  http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/history/cotton.html
  The history of the development of the cotton textile industry and the growth of the number of textile mills in Bombay, India, from the construction of the first cotton mill in 1854 to 70 mills in the wake of the American Civil War in 1895.

• The Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company

  http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2009/01/durham-cotton-manufacturing-company.html
  The history of the Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company in Durham, North Carolina, founded by Julian Carr in 1884 and closed in 1937. Includes photographs.

• The Falls of the Clyde, New Lanark Mills

  http://www.aboutscotland.com/water/clydenl.html
  Description of the 18th century water powered cotton spinning mill built by David Dale and Richard Arkwright, and the village that developed around it.

• The History of Neilston Village and its Mill

  http://bobbinsandthreads.co.uk/
  Web site of former employees containing the oral history of the Crofthead Cotton Mill and mill village in Neilston, UK, founded in 1792 by James Orr & Company and closed down in 1992.

• The Slater Mill

  http://www.slatermill.org/
  Web site of the first water powered cotton textile mill in North America in Pawtucket Village, built by Samuel Slater in 1793 and in operation as a yarn spinning mill until 1829. Fully restored in 1966 and designated a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service.

• Warrnambool Woolen Mill

  http://www.themillwarrnambool.com.au/history.html
  History of the woolen textile mill in Warrnambool, Australia, founded in a converted meat processing factory in 1875 and in continuous operation under various owners as a textile mill until 2000.

• Whitchurch Silk Mill

  http://www.whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk/
  Web site about the Whitchurch textile mill and mill village in Whitchurch, UK, originally built in 1800 as a fulling mill and transformed into a silk weaving mill by William Maddick in 1816. Purchased by the Hampshire Buildings Preservation Trust in 1985 it currently serves as a textile education and preservation center and working museum, producing silk and silk rich fabrics for theatrical costumes, interior designers and historic houses.

• Whitin Mill History

  http://www.blackstonedaily.com/whitinintro.htm
  Don Gosselin's comprehensive history of the Whitin cotton textile mill, mill village and textile machinery works in Northbridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1809 and managed since then by the Whitin family until the company folded in 1967.

• Whittier Cotton Mills

  http://www.whittiermillvillage.com/histwhit.htm
  The history of the Whittier Cotton Mills and mill village in Chattahoochee, Georgia, founded in 1895 by Paul Butler, son of Civil War general Benjamin Butler, and ceased operations in 1971 as a result of cheap textile imports.

• Wilde Yarn Mill

  http://www.workshopoftheworld.com/manayunk/wilde.html
  The history of the Wilde Yarn Mill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded by the brothers John and Thomas Wilde in 1882 to produce carpet yarns, and in continuous operation since then.

 

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