VERNON -- A 76-year-old textile mill revived by a new owner eight years ago has failed to survive the weak economy and overseas competition and is set to close this summer. Amerbelle Textiles in ...

WINNSBORO — South Carolina's textile industry was already in decline when Tim Jones started working in the Uniroyal mill south of town. It was 1991, and the onetime bedrock of the state’s ...

There's a persistent rhythm to the sewing machines at the Colonial Mills factory in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Needles puncture through cords of cotton and linen, binding yards of fabric into soft ...

LONACONING — At the end of their shift July 7, 1957, the women at the silk mill stopped winding the soft thread. They walked out as usual, leaving behind their aprons, face powder, even a few shoes.

ROCK HILL — Much like Rome and San Francisco, there was a time when Rock Hill burned, too. That was July 2009, when a pair of arsonists set fire to a former textile mill site in downtown Rock Hill.