Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 17, Number 17, DeMotte, Jasper County, 21 March 1947 — Mechanized Linen Industry [ARTICLE]

Mechanized Linen Industry

Linen manufacture in Ireland was long a cottage industry. It was not until 1828 hat the first successful power-driven flax spinning mill was set up in Belfast, after which rapid expansion of the industry began