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Textile Factory - Randolph Manufacturing Company
Builder:
Built: 1838 in Franklin, Rowan County
Owners: 1839 incorporation act specified owners as: John B. Troy
(President), with Directors: Hugh McCain, Elisha Coffin, John Miller, Jesse
Wheeler and Henry Kivett.
Specifications: Machinery made by the Mattewan Works of New York. The
building was two-stories high, 87-feet long by 42-feet wide, with an attic.
Notes:
In the 1828 charter organizers were Hugh McCain, Jesse
Walker, Benjamin Elliot & Jonathan Worth. The factory was
finally built in 1838 and incorporated in 1839 with principles listed above.
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