Resources
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- Lithgow Woollen Mills
- 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.
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- Mooresville Mill Village
- 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.
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- N-georgia.com: Enterprise Mill
- 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.
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- Preston Cotton Mills
- 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.
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- Proximity Cotton Mill
- 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.
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- 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.
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- Rocky Mount Mills
- Web site about the historic cotton mill village houses, built in the late 19th Century and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, currently in the process of being restored for sale. Includes a collection of photographs of historic dwellings.
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- Roswell Mill
- 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.
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- Salem Woolen Mills
- 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.
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- Stanley Mill
- 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.
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- Stanley Woolen Mill
- 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.
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- Syleham Mill
- 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.
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- The Cotton Mills of Bombay
- 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.
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- The Falls of the Clyde, New Lanark Mills
- Description of the 18th century water powered cotton spinning mill built by David Dale and Richard Arkwright, and the village that developed around it.
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- The History of Neilston Village and its Mill
- 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.
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- The Stanley Woolen Mill
- A photographic history of the Stanley Woollen Mill in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, originally founded as the Luke Taft Mill in 1833, bought by the Wheelock family in 1905 to produce woollen garments and cloth, and closed in 1989 following a bankruptcy.
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- Warrnambool Woolen Mill
- 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.
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- Whitchurch Silk Mill
- 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.