Sentences with phrase «for textile mills»

It was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, who was a prominent local figure in the Industrial Revolution and was long known for its textile mills and factories.

I was reminded, in looking at the cotton bales, that slave labor was the hidden energy source for those textile mills.

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The mills produce pulp for a number of consumer products including diapers, hygiene products, tissue and textiles.

Shares in the Berkshire Hathaway textile mill could be had for around $ 7.50 when Mr. Buffett first started buying the stock for himself and his partners.

Long into the 19th century, corporations were circumscribed as to the amount of capital they could solicit ($ 100,000, for instance, in New York under the law of 1811); they were usually confined to a single type of operation (say, textile manufacturing or flour milling); and they were required to dissolve after a specific number of years, 20 or 30.

My father was engaged in commerce and for a time was foreman in a textile mill that made hosiery.

A tennis player for six years, he works in a Shanghai textile mill and says he feels lucky if he gets to practice three or four times a week.

Rice is from the sticks of Woodruff, S.C., where he once fed cotton fibers onto conveyer belts in a textile mill for $ 5.25 an hour.

Only the best USA - sourced components are chosen for our products in order to reduce our carbon footprint, to help support domestic textile mills and our local economy, and to ensure that Thirsties diapers will last wash after wash.

One of Rockland's major annual events, Garner Arts Festival bills itself as «The Lower Hudson Valley's Premier Arts Festival» and estimates average attendance of 4 — 6,000 people to its Garnerville location, once a textile mill many decades ago and now a haven for artists.

Everybody is anxiously waiting for the latest collection by this amazing textile mills and the wait is over because Shariq textiles is introducing its brand new eid collection in collaboration with Ayesha chottani as it always keep its promise of displaying seasonal and occasional collection.

Rich in history for housing the Manville Mill powered by the Blackstone River, it was the largest textile mill in the country with over 5,000 employees in the 1950s.

Drawing on 1912 textile - mill strikes led by women whose call for fair wages and fair treatment was sloganized as «bread and roses,» Howey wrote:

Although the textile mills unfortunately had to finally shut down for good, National Indemnity has come a long way since Buffett purchased it for $ 8.6 million in 1967 (see the original 2 - page purchase contract here, no big Wall Street M&A fees on this deal).

Originally used for catching rats and mice in textile mills, Yorkies are energetic and inquisitive.

Overall, this breed has had a humble past, being extensively used in textile mills, factories and coal mines for the purpose of keeping the vermin population under control.

Coimbatore, the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is known for its industrial activity, extensive textile mills and surrounding cotton fields.

Lowell, MA - The Appleton Mills Apartments offer affordable live / work lofts for artists in a remodeled textile mill, complete with galleries, freight elevators, sink rooms, and basement storage.

A former 19th Century textile mill, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) is one of the world's most vibrant centers for making, displaying and viewing some of today's most evocative art.

Highlights of the textile production partnership include: water that leaves the mill is cleaner than the drinking water that enters it; excess fabric clippings are used as mulch by farmers in the surrounding area; and dyes pass the most rigorous tests for human health and the environment.

Once a manufacturing powerhouse, the city's many historic textile mills have been adapted for new and diverse uses, and now house modern office space.

«A lot of the fabric I'd chosen was made by Italian textile mills, all of which close for the summer.