The "warping room" at Pepperell Manufacturing Company's mill in Opelika, containing a battery of high-speed warping machines used during the creation of woven cloth. The Pepperell mill closed its Opelika operation in 2006.
Pepperell Mill in Opelika, ca. 1933
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Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
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