. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. was built atStatesburg. Georgia was the second State to be-gin cotton manufacturing, but it was not until 1809that a small factory was erected at Louisville, thisbeing also operated by horse-power. Two yearslater a much larger factory was built in WilkesCounty, this one known as the Bolton building was 60 feet by 40 feet, two stories,attic and basement, and was constructed of brownsandstone. It was the first factory of any con-sequence in Georgia. In North Carolina no factory was built until 1
. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. was built atStatesburg. Georgia was the second State to be-gin cotton manufacturing, but it was not until 1809that a small factory was erected at Louisville, thisbeing also operated by horse-power. Two yearslater a much larger factory was built in WilkesCounty, this one known as the Bolton building was 60 feet by 40 feet, two stories,attic and basement, and was constructed of brownsandstone. It was the first factory of any con-sequence in Georgia. In North Carolina no factory was built until 1818when one was erected in Edgecombe County,which began operating with 288 spindles, em-ployed about 20 hands, and consumed 18,000pounds of cotton, or according to the weights ofthose days, about 64 bales. LITTLE INTEREST IN COTTON MANUFACTURING While a great many cotton factories sprang up inthe Southern States from 1800 to 1860, the Southas a whole, cannot be said to have given manufac-turing very substantial encouragement. Rather itwas discouraged—sometimes rather INTERIOR VIEW OF COTION ISIILL. (A) Opening room showing openers; (B ? canling room showing cards and draw-ig frames; (O lap room showing lap machines.
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