Historical Marker

The Mechanization of the Bedspread Industry

Dalton · Whitfield County

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The Story

In the 1930s Dalton firms moved hand-tufting off the farms and into factories. A local foundry adapted a Singer sewing machine with a yarn-cutting blade around 1930, creating an early tufting machine.

About this site

The Mechanization of the Bedspread Industry is a historical marker in Dalton, Whitfield County. 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 34.7684, -84.9653 near Dalton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Carpet Technology (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Our Textile Legacy, 600 Block of McCamy Street, and Masonic Lodge No. 238.

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

📍 34.7684, -84.9653 · Dalton, Whitfield County

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