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Graniteville Mill and Gregg Village: Aiken's Pioneering Textile Hub
The Graniteville Company founded in 1845 by William Gregg shaped Aiken County with a mill village begun in 1848. It pioneered compulsory education and child labor limits, expanded to eight weaving mills and three dyeing plants, grew to 6 000 workers, and later joined the Public Service Authority.
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Graniteville Company
William Gregg
Graniteville
William T. Sherman
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Joe Wheeler
New England
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South Carolina
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Aiken County
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