Textile Town

by Betsy Wakefield Teter

Book Overview

In 1816 a pair of Rhode Island brothers stopped their wagons along the Tyger River, cleared away trees and chinquapin thickets, and began construction on a rustic spinning factory. From those humble beginnings arose one of the nation's mightiest textile communities, a place that by the end of the 19th century became known as "the Lowell of the South." Over the course of nearly two centuries more than 100,000 people labored in the red brick cotton...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891885286
• ISBN13: 9781891885280
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Hub City Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.0" x 11.9"