- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Villa Rica's Textile Industry historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Carroll County
Textile industry--Georgia--Villa Rica - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Carroll County, Villa Rica, 33.73205, -84.91911
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 209 Main St., Villa Rica
Text of marker: "Villa Rica's Textile Industry. In the early 1900's several textile mills and warehouses lined Villa Rica's Main Street. The mills provided an economic stimulus for decades as the transition was made from agricultural to industrial products. The cotton mills paid cash wages providing needed relief to struggling farm families. The Continental Gin Company installed two automatic hydraulic presses which double cleaned the cotton in Villa Rica's Cotton Oil Mill. These presses were the first of this type to be installed in the state of Georgia. They served as demonstration models for visitors from throughout the southeast who came to observe the new technology. Villa Rica Preservation Commission Celebrating the hallmarks of the South" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_villa-ricas-textile-industry
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_villa-ricas-textile-industry
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
