Historical Marker

Carpet Technology

Dalton · Whitfield County · Erected 2021

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The Story

Dalton, the Carpet Capital of the World, grew from hand-tufted bedspreads into a vast carpet industry; this marker honors the local inventors and machinists who mechanized tufting from about 1950 onward.

About this site

Carpet Technology is a historical marker in Dalton, Whitfield County, erected in 2021. It is one of 64 historical markers documented in Whitfield County, among 106 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.7697, -84.9656 near Dalton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Our Textile Legacy (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Mechanization of the Bedspread Industry, African-American Soldiers in Combat, and Joseph E. Johnston Memorial.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 34.7697, -84.9656 · Dalton, Whitfield County

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