Graniteville Mill
Mill, Graniteville, South Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Mill
- Where
- Graniteville, South Carolina
- Years
- 1861-1865
GRANITEVILLE MILL
The largest textile mill in antebellum South Carolina made fabrics here for the Confederacy. The mill continued after the war, and William Gregg ran it until his death in 1867.
Graniteville Mill
This mill, the largest textile mill in antebellum S.C., was chartered in 1845 and opened in 1847. It was founded by William Gregg (1800-1867), a Virginia native and advocate of industrial development who chose this site for its proximity to waterpower, granite deposits, and the S.C. Railroad. The company provided housing, a school, a store, and land for churches, creating a model mill village. Unlike most early textile mills, it was adequately funded.
Then
The largest textile mill in antebellum South Carolina made fabrics for the Confederacy.
The mill continued after the war, and William Gregg ran it until his death in 1867.
Now
Track in service today runs beside the site, on a line owned by Norfolk Southern.
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