From the archives - November 4, 2021
Photo courtesy of the Boundary County Museum
In 1755, James and Patrick Clark began a loom equipment and silk thread business in Paisley, Scotland. By 1806, Patrick had invented a way of twisting cotton together for use instead of silk. He opened the first plant for manufacturing cotton thread in 1812...
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