| Burlington Contributor(s): Bolden, Don (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738566470 ISBN-13: 9780738566474 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 975.6 |
| LCCN: 2009930170 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.58" W x 9.22" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Burlington began as a railroad town, but it became known across the world as a textile center. In the 1850s, the newly formed North Carolina Railroad Company needed a maintenance facility halfway between Goldsboro and Charlotte. The location was given a generic name, Company Shops, which was simply an expression of the railroad s operation. In 1886, the shops were moved to a new location, so in 1887, people here chose a new name Burlington and the little town moved on. Burlington became known as the Hosiery Center of the South, and in 1923, Burlington Mills was formed. It became the largest maker of textile products in the world and carried the name of this community around the globe. In addition to textiles, industries over the years have included aircraft, telephone components, and military radar equipment, and by the beginning of the 21st century, Burlington was home to Labcorp, the nation s second largest medical testing laboratory." |
Contributor Bio(s): Bolden, Don: - Author Don Bolden is editor emeritus of the Burlington Times-News, where he spent 51 years. He has authored five previous books on Alamance County history. Most of the photographs presented in Images of America: Burlington were collected during his newspaper career in Burlington. |