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The plant is a five-story, U-shaped, reinforced concrete building that sits on a raised basement. The Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company manufactured heddles and other textile loom accessories. Its Philadelphia plant remained in operation until 1983. [2] This complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]
Beatty's Mills Factory Building, also known as Powell Mills, is a historic textile mill in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1886, and is a five-story, red brick building in the Italianate style. It was part of a complex of five buildings and is the only remaining structure.
J.L.Stifel & Sons was an American textile and jeans manufacturing brand which was prominent from 1835 to 1956 and a precursor in indigo-dyed cotton calicos. Smoother than canvas or denim but very resistant, calico earned success in work wear clothing. Typical JL Stifel calico motifs were polka dots, flowers and dotted lines on bandanas and ticking.
Orinoka Mills Corporation, formerly B. L. Solomon's Sons was a major quality textile company located at 2753 Ruth Street in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, originally with offices at 1200 Chestnut Street in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in the 1880s by the Solomon Brothers.
The Grundy Mills Complex or Bristol Worsted Mills, which is located in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, includes thirteen textile mill buildings that were erected by the William H. Grundy Co. between 1876 and 1930. This complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]
More than 40 textile companies, chemical manufacturers and other industries have for years polluted Columbia’s municipal water supply with “forever chemicals,” a class of man-made compounds ...
The Ohio Craft Museum is featuring "Traversing Textiles," a collection of 59 works by 20 artists through March 30. Art: Colorful, impactful textiles on display at the Ohio Craft Museum in March ...
The H.W. Butterworth and Sons Company Building, now known as 2424 Studios, is an historic factory building which is located in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010 [ 1 ] and was converted into studios in 2011.