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Mount Vernon Mill No. 3

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Today the mill has over a million square feet of manufacturing space and produces over two million pounds of cotton and denim each week. The denim is shipped to different locations in the United States and to foreign countries.
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During World War II, the mill produced enough fabric to make 10,500,000 fatigue suits and over seven and a half billion yards for gun patches.
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in northwest Georgia. Andrew P. Allgood, Spencer S. Marsh, and Col. W.K. Briers organized the Trion factory on October 12, 1845.
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On February 16, 1990, a flood almost ruined the machines, but after ten days the mill was running again.
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in 1985 because she thought that he could take care of the company and town like her father did.
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In 1913, a gym, library, apartments, theater, bowling alley, and hospital were built in Trion.
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In 1912, Benjamin D. Riegel became the new owner of the mill until his death in 1941.
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In 1971, many new machines were installed to produce denim.
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Industrial buildings and structures in Georgia (U.S. state)
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Buildings and structures in Chattahoochee County, Georgia
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Benjamin Riegel's daughter decided to sell her stock to
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denim
Trion, Georgia
Chattooga County
cotton mill
Robert B. Pamplin
APICS - The Association for Operations Management
The Historical Marker Database
"Mount Vernon Mills, Inc. - Denim"
the original
Categories
Buildings and structures in Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Industrial buildings and structures in Georgia (U.S. state)
Cotton mills in the United States

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