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Image: Schenck Mill Lincolnton North Carolina 1813

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Description: "Lincolnton Cotton Mills, Lincolnton, 1813, First Cotton Mill in North Carolina," etching of the first cotton mill in North Carolina, built by Michael Schenck. Schenck was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1771.
Title: Schenck Mill Lincolnton North Carolina 1813
Credit: http://www.textilehistory.org/MichaelSchenck.html (from the 1916 volume "Lamb's Textile Industries of the United States")
Author: James H. Lamb Co. (etched by William F. Hodwell?)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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