Today, a field of cotton growing in Iredell County is noteworthy, and cotton mills, which once produced millions of square yards of cotton and cotton-blend cloth, as well as miles of cotton thread ...

Today, Lowell National Historical Park includes several restored buildings and a variety of exhibits, in addition to canal ...

Although he lived in England, John never forgot the place of his birth. He was a wonderful story teller and loved sharing memories of growing up in Cavan. He often told how he walked through the ...

In 1796 White and Decoeur bought a mill at Charenton. In 1801 we found James White living at rue de Popincourt, 47, Paris, and working in association with the immigrant Austrian entrepreneur ...

The former Cheney Mill, a historic textile mill in Pendleton, South Carolina, is being redeveloped into Pendleton Mill Lofts, a mixed-use development with up to 150 apartments and retail space.

As states consider loosening laws that regulate child labor, Lewis W. Hine's early 20th century photographs, which helped child labor laws get passed, are worth our attention once again.

Like so many in his time, his boyhood was cut short by the Great Depression. Falling cotton prices put his father – my grandfather – out of a job at the cotton mill in Talladega. Clay and his ...

In 1966 company expansion required it to move to the Cotton Mill in Brattleboro where they conducted business until sold by the family in 1993. Dunham’s retail store remained at 135 Main St. and was ...

The "unique" structure off the A6 forms part of some of the world's first mechanised industrial cotton factories along the River Derwent. The industrial village was built between 1780 and 1850 by ...

A towering Derbyshire structure that is steeped in world-changing history could be sold for just a few thousand pounds. The 42-metre-tall brick mill chimney, located in Milford, Derbyshire, will ...

The industrial village was built between 1780 and 1850 by the Strutt family to house workers for their water-powered textile mills. The chimney for sale has a diameter of four metres and was built ...