The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed (1912)
Walton, Perry, 1865-1941 · Boston, Mass., J. S. Lawrence · leaf 296
s at the time.There was no chemical process. The bright sun, dryingup the water, did its bleaching. This was the mode ofbleaching at this time. STARTING OF FIRST MILLS The first sale made by the Locks and Canals Companyafter its reorganization by the promoters of the MerrimacManufacturing Company… … THE STORY OF TEXTILES 209 part in the trade with the East was made in this mill. TheAppleton Company and the Lowell Company were startedin 1828, and the Suffolk, Tremont, and Lawrence Compa-nies began work in 1830 through the efforts of Amos andAbbott Lawrence, to whom the Locks and Canals Com-pany…
Textile industry
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