Changes began in the 1850s. As the railroad expanded in the South, production of cotton, wheat, and tobacco increased. Entrepreneurs needed capital and a steady supply of workers for the southern mill ...

Arkwright set up the first water-powered cotton mill at Cromford, Derbyshire, in 1771. He is regarded as the founder of the Factory Age. By 1783 Arkwight was rich enough to build a huge new mill ...

GREENVILLE — A sprawling, long-dormant industrial building in Greenville that once served as a cotton warehouse for Poe Mill is in line for a major redevelopment. The former storage and ...