Record #:

5202

Author(s):

Horne, Meade B.

Abstract:

In Tarboro's Town Common stands a cotton press. A cotton press compacts cotton cleaned by a gin into a bale for shipping. Tarboro's press was constructed around 1850 in Edgecombe County and restored in 1976 during the nation's bicentennial celebration.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 40 Issue 2, Spring 2001, p15-17, il

Subject(s):

Cotton baling--Edgecombe County