Simpsonville Cotton Mill / Woodside Mill

Simpsonville Cotton Mill / Woodside Mill (HM14ZJ)

Location: Simpsonville, SC 29681 Greenville County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 44.167', W 82° 15.483'

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Simpsonville Cotton Mill
This mill, opened in 1908, was built after several leading men of Simpsonville asked Edward F. Woodside of the Pelzer Manufacturing Co. to help them establish a textile mill. The Simpsonville Cotton Mill, with Woodside as president and his brother John T. as secretary, opened with 8,000 spindles and 200 looms, making several kinds of cotton cloth. By 1911 it boasted 25,000 spindles and 600 looms.

Woodside Mill
In 1911 this mill was merged with Fountain Inn Cotton Mill and Woodside Cotton Mill in Greenville to create Woodside Cotton Mills. This branch was Simpsonville's largest employer until after World War II, with as many as 650 employees in the 1950s and 1960s. The mill village, with four streets of mill houses, included a company store, recreation building, and baseball field. The Woodside Gym, built in 1947, is now part of the Simpsonville Senior Center.
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HM NumberHM14ZJ
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Marker Number23-50
Year Placed2011
Placed ByCotton Mill Place and Para Chem, Inc
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, October 13th, 2014 at 2:36pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 384830 N 3844500
Decimal Degrees34.73611667, -82.25805000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 44.167', W 82° 15.483'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 44' 10.02" N, 82° 15' 28.98" W
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Area Code(s)864
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 301-399 County Rd 669, Simpsonville SC 29681, US
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