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Pages in category "Textile mills in the United States" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Textile machinery manufacturers of the United States (13 P) Pages in category "Textile companies of the United States" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
Merrimack Mill Village Historic District; Milford Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company; Mississippi Mills (Wesson, Mississippi) Mississippi Mills Packing and Shipping Rooms; Monaghan Mill; Montgomery Worsted Mills; Monument Mills; Mooresville Mill Village Historic District; Mott Mill; Mount Holly Cotton Mill; Mount Vernon Mill No. 1; Mount ...
Burlington Industries, formerly Burlington Mills, is a diversified American fabric maker based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Founded by J. Spencer Love in Burlington, North Carolina in 1923, the company is a subsidiary of Elevate Textiles and has operations in the United States and China.
Malden Mills Industries is the original developer and manufacturer of Polartec polar fleece and manufactures other modern textiles. The company is located in Andover, Massachusetts and has operations in Hudson, New Hampshire .
Following the rebellion, the country's rapid industrialization resumed, with Manchester becoming a textile center greater than its namesake. Company engineers built more factories, lining both sides of the Merrimack. Mill No. 11 was the world's largest cotton mill, 900 feet (270 m) long, 103 feet (31 m) wide, and containing 4000 looms.
World War I had provided a much needed boost in demand for textiles, and most of the mills in New England benefited during this time. The post-war economy quickly slowed however and production quickly outpaced demand. The price for print cloth dropped sharply. In 1923, Fall River faced the first wave of mill closures.
In the 1890s, the South emerged as the center of U.S. textile manufacturing; not only was cotton grown locally in the South, it had fewer labor unions and heating costs were cheaper. By the mid-20th century, all of the New England textile mills, including the Lowell mills, had either closed or relocated to the south. [1]