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	Search results for Factories    Refine your search Try advanced search results 1-19 of 19 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Aerial view of Huntsville Manufacturing Company Factories--Alabama--Huntsville Manufacturing Company; Textile factories--Alabama--Huntsville; Huntsville Manufacturing Company, located in West Huntsville. Originally known as the Merrimack Mill, the factory was constructed in 1899 and the surrounding mill village grew with 279 houses, a hospital,... 2. Huntsville Manufacturing Company Factories--Alabama--Huntsville Manufacturing Company; Huntsville Manufacturing Company, located in west Huntsville. Originally known as the Merrimack Mill, the factory was constructed in 1899 and the surrounding mill village grew with 279 houses, a hospital,... 3. Dallas Mill Factories--Alabama--Dallas Mill (Huntsville, Ala.); Dallas Mill, before the addition. Chartered by Trevanion B. Dallas of Nashville, Dallas Mills began operation in 1892 as Alabama's largest cotton mill and mainly produced cotton sheeting through dying... 4. Bell Factory Bell Factory--History--Alabama; Textile factories--Alabama; The oldest textile mill in the state, the Bell Factory was located about 10 miles northeast of Huntsville near the Three Forks of the Flint River. The mill began in 1819 and was operated exclusively on... 5. Lincoln Mill Factories--Alabama--Lincoln Mill (Huntsville, Ala.); Lincoln Mill started as Madison Spinning Company but folded in 1906. It reopened in 1908 as Abingdon Mill and became Lincoln Mill in 1918 when it was purchased by William Lincoln Barrell of Lowell, MA.... 6. Huntsville Manufacturing Company Card Room Huntsville Manufacturing Company (Ala.); Textile factories--Alabama--Huntsville; The picker laps are fed into carding machines where they are reduced to a thin layer of cotton. Fine wire teeth comb the cotton, coming out in the form of a one-inch rope called roving. 7. Huntsville Manufacturing Company Weaving Room Huntsville Manufacturing Company (Ala.); Textile factories--Alabama--Huntsville; These textile mill employees are working in the "Weaving Room". Weaving transforms yarn into cloth. It interlaces two sets of threads in the machine, which is called a loom. The set of yarn which run the... 8. Dallas Mill (Rear View) Textile factories--Alabama--Huntsville; Dallas Mill (Huntsville, Ala.); Bales of cotton are waiting to be weighed and graded before being sent into the mill. The Weight and Grade Building is on the left in the photograph, located at the rear of Dallas Mill. 9. Dallas Mill Dallas Mill (Huntsville, Ala.); Factories--Alabama--Huntsville--Dallas Mill; Dallas Manufacturing Company began operation in East Huntsville in 1892. They started with 25,000 spindles and 750 broad looms. The mill ran on steam power and produced cotton sheeting. 10. Huntsville Manufacturing Company Huntsville Manufacturing Company (Ala.); Textile factories--Alabama--Huntsville; Merrimack Mill (Huntsville, Ala.); In 1946, after 45 years in operation, the Merrimack Mill was purchased by the Huntsville Manufacturing Company. Here, a group of executives are given a tour of the new "Huntsville Manufacturing Company."... 11. Merrimack Mill 1905 Card Room Merrimack Mill (Huntsville, Ala.); Textile factories--Alabama--Huntsville; These gentlemen are employed in the Card Room. It was their job to loosen or straighten the cotton fibers (smooth the cotton out). This room contained 400 small cards, known as "railroad" cards. Weights... 12. Huntsville Manufacturing Company Roving Room Huntsville Manufacturing Company (Ala.); Textile factories--Alabama--Huntsville; These ladies are working the "roving machines". "Roving" is a smaller strand of cotton that has been further reduced by rollers and bobbin speed. To resist breaking, the roving is given many twists as... 13. Merrimack Mill Spinning Room Merrimack Mill (Huntsville, Ala.); Textile factories--Alabama--Huntsville; In 1905, when Merrimack Mill was completed, the plant operated with 90,000 spindles and 2,000 looms and produced high-grade print cloths. This is one of several spinning rooms. 14. Merrimack Mill Textile factories--Alabama--Huntsville; Merrimack Mill (Huntsville, Ala.); Cotton bales were delivered to the mill on wagons or drays pulled by mules. Here, in the holding room, bales of tightly compressed cotton are opened and fed into machines which "draw" the fibers apart,... 15. Huntsville Manufacturing Company Huntsville Manufacturing Company (Ala.); Textile factories--Alabama--Huntsville; Aerial view of Huntsville Manufacturing Company, located in West Huntsville. 16. Redstone Arsenal Railroad Railroad stations--Alabama--Redstone Arsenal Station, Huntsville (Ala.); The Redstone Arsenal Railroad was built around 1942 to support U.S. involvement in World War II. The workers at this station will take the train to the chemical and ordinance munitions factories on Redstone... 17. Workers on strike Factories--Alabama--Huntsville Manufacturing Company; Strikes and lockouts--Huntsville Manufacturing Company; Workers on strike at the Huntsville Manufacturing Company. This photo was shot on April 30, 1951 between 5:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. 18. Lincoln Mill Lincoln Mill--Huntsville (Ala.); Textile factories--Alabama--Huntsville; Lincoln Mill started as Madison Spinning Company but folded in 1906. It reopened in 1908 as Abingdon Mill and became Lincoln Mill in 1918 when it was purchased by William Lincoln Barrell of Lowell, MA.... 19. Merrimack Mill No. 2 Merrimack Mill--Huntsville (Ala.); Huntsville Manufacturing Company (Ala.); Textile factories--Alabama--Huntsville; Huntsville Manufacturing Company, located in west Huntsville. Originally known as the Merrimack Mill, the factory was constructed in 1899 and the surrounding mill village grew with 279 houses, a hospital,... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-19 of 19 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
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