Citation Information
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Title
Olympia Cotton Mill
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Coverage
1900–June 28, 1996
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Author
Bruce E. Baker
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Keywords
one of four mills designed and built in Columbia between 1895 and 1904 by the industrialist W. B. Smith Whaley, had its own coal-fired electrical plant that supplied electricity to Olympia and Whaley’s three other mills, as well as the Columbia Street Railway Power Company, frequently lauded as “the world’s largest cotton mill under one roof.”,
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/olympia-cotton-mill/view/images
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Access Date
April 20, 2024
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Original Published Date
June 8, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 16, 2022
