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Roanoke Rapids 2nd Chapter on First Mills and Power
The Roanoke Rapids history recounts the Great Falls power work by Major Emry and associates, its canal and town layout, and the shift to Roanoke Rapids Power Company led by J A Armstrong Chanler. It notes the United Industrial Company partnership, the Roanoke Knitting Mills rise, and the Roanoke Mills Company with 200000 capital and local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
City
Roanoke Rapids
The
News & Observer
van B. Daughtry
Great Falls
John Armstrong Chanler
New York
Ter
Weldon
Emry
United Industrial Company of
Chanler
Winthrop Chanler
Maxwell
Great Falls Power Company
United Industrial Company
Great Falls Company
Roanoke Rapids Power Company
W. M. Hableston
W. G. Maxwell
Stanford White
John Maxwell
North Carolina
Roanoke Mills Co
Roanoke Mills Company
Hableston
Cohen
S. F. Patterson
Baltimore
W. S. Parker
Henderson
D. B. Zollicoffer
Garysburg
Herndon
Millhiser
Treas