Record #:

44268

Author(s):

Campbell, Brad

Abstract:

Just prior to the Great Depression, a Gaston County textile mill introduced special khaki weave that served our armed forces with distinction for five decades." Stuart Cramer was perhaps the most extraordinary industrialist and inventor North Carolina ever produced. In designing and building textile mills, he developed the earliest version of air-conditioning to control humidity in these structures. Divesting himself of other businesses on account of poor health, he bought a mill community near Charlotte and later called Cramerton. It became a model for modern mill communities. Cramerton Army Cloth was introduced ther in 1929, which became highly desired the United States military.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 92 Issue 6, November 2024, p216-220, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cramer, Stuart Warren, 1868-1940; Cramerton--History; Cramerton Army Cloth (1929)