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Issaqueena Mill
Photographer: Pickens County by Piper Peters Aheron
Caption: Issaqueena Mill
Additional Description: D.K. Norris led fund-raising efforts to establish capital for the Issaqueena Mill. When the mill opened in 1904, kerosene lamps were used for lighting. Outhouses served as employee restrooms and the machinery was powered by steam engines and boilers, which were wood burners that were eventually replaced by coal burning units. In 1930 the mill went into receivership. During the Great Depression employees took a 15% cut in pay. The mill remained open under court order from 1930 until 1935, and by the 1950s Issaqueena Mill had become Plant No. 12 of the Cannon Mills Company. In 1970, the mill turned out 29 million yards of sheeting material. The plant employed about 345 people. (Source: Pickens County by Piper Peters Aheron (2000), pg 38.)
Submitted: April 16, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p186543
File Size: 0.024 Megabytes

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