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OLYMPIA MILL AND VILLAGE

OLYMPIA MILL AND VILLAGE “Across the South, cotton mills were constructed at explosive rates. Fourteen mills stood in South Carolina in 1880, even fewer than in 1860. But between 1895 and 1907, sixty-one new textile mills were built and older ones were expanded and updated. By 1910, there were 167 cotton mills in South Carolina,…

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Mill towns in the South

Alabama mill towns Fairfax (Fairfax Mill and Fair View Mill), Lanett (Lanett Mill), Langdale (Langdale Mill), Sylacauga(Avondale Mill), Opelika (Opelika Mill), River View (Riverdale Mill), Shawmut (Shawmut Mill), Valley(Carter/Lanier Mill) Arkansas mill towns Amity, Delight, Glenwood, Malvern, Mountain Pine Georgia mill towns Bibb City, Cabbagetown, Chicopee, Hogansville, New Holland, New Manchester North Carolina mill towns…

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