Record #:

42911

Author(s):

Bloom, Sally

Abstract:

North Carolina's first textile mills opened in the early 1800s. By the Civil War, 45 cotton and woolen mills were operating in the state. By 1960, North Carolina's 1,110 textile mills employed 55 percent of the state's manufacturing workforce. From the 1980s through the early 2000s there was a period of marked decline in the industry, Despite such, textiles continue as a recognizable force in the state, adapting to changing technologies.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 60 Issue 2, Spring 2021, p6-9

Subject(s):

Textile industry--North Carolina