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Textile Industry in 1940
The textile industry provided the economic engine that powered Charlotte and Mecklenburg County from the 1880s well into the 1900s. By 1940, textiles began to yield as the dominant force in the regional economy to banking, distribution, and a host of other diversified enterprises..
Cotton ready for shipment
An interior view of a hosiery mill
Parks-Cramer Mills
An interior view of the Chadwick-Hoskins mill
Crompton-Knowles Loom Works
Interior View 1- Highland Park Manufacturing Company mill
Interior View 2- Highland Park Manufacturing Company mill
Husdon Silk Hosiery Plant - Brevard Street
Husdon Silk Hosiery Plant - Oakhurst Street
Kendall Mills
Larkwood Hosiery Company
Leaksville Woolen Mills - an interior view
Nebel Knitting Company mill
Saco-Lowell Shops
Textile Mill Supply Company
Essay : Charlotte's Textile Heritage: An Introduction Essay : Cotton Mills of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Topical Guide : Cotton Mills (features all textile-related links on this site.)   
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