1931 - 1983
In 1931 Clark Thread Company opened a spinning mill here, giving the local economy a boost during the Great Depression with the creation of approximately 650 new jobs. Baled cotton was spun into unfinished thread that was then shipped to a finishing mill in Toccoa to be bleached, dyed and spooled. Except during WWII when the company had government contracts, the only product made here was industrial thread sold to clothing manufacturers. The company merged with J &P Coats Limited in 1952 to form Coats & Clark, Inc. In the early 1980s the strength of the dollar against the Japanese yen made the purchase of imported thread less costly than producing it locally, leading to the closure of the mill in 1983.| HM Number | HMMCA |
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| Year Placed | 2009 |
| Placed By | Cobb County Community Development Agency |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 at 6:21am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 717004 N 3745996 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 33.83195000, -84.65500000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 33° 49.917', W 84° 39.3' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 33° 49' 55.02" N, 84° 39' 18.00" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 678, 770 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 5030-5106 Caraustar Pl SW, Austell GA 30106, US |
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