When I See the Canal and Millrace for the Graniteville Company, An Old Southern Cotton Mill, I Know I’m Almost Home!
Canal Street, Graniteville, SC. This photograph, taken from the main highway bridge in village center, is for me a favorite and familiar scene. This canal is 2 miles from my home of 23 years. A welcomed feeling, since I'm practically home after a 3 month, 3000 photo, 10,000 mile trip! Graniteville, was one of those old notorious paternalistic mill-towns, where once upon a time, the company owned the whole town, built (and rented) for it’s employees ALL the homes, AND held a big debt over every employee. The Graniteville Company has dominated the cotton mill industry in our area for 150 years. It once owned the majority of the cotton mills in the Aiken SC -Horse Creek Valley SC-Augusta GA area, and still is the major employer in the area.
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