Factory Cord is identified as any cord or string not of home manufacture but produced at a factory or mill. The term was used prior to the Civil War [2] in Piedmont [3]North Carolina, where there were early cotton mills [4]. It was perhaps akin to "factory cotton," a term used in 1850 for a manufactured fabric.
1 January 2006 | Powell, William S.
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[1] http://ncpedia.org/factory-cord
[2] http://ncpedia.org/history/cw-1900/civil-war
[3] http://Piedmont
[4] http://ncpedia.org/cotton-mills
[5] http://ncpedia.org/category/subjects/colonial-period
[6] http://ncpedia.org/category/subjects/us-revolution
[7] http://ncpedia.org/category/subjects/early-statehood-1
[8] http://ncpedia.org/category/subjects/antebellum-1820-1
[9] http://ncpedia.org/category/subjects/slang
[10] http://ncpedia.org/category/subjects/textile-industry
[11] http://ncpedia.org/category/subjects/unc-press
[12] http://ncpedia.org/category/authors/powell-william-s-0
[13] http://ncpedia.org/category/origin-location/piedmont
[14] http://ncpedia.org/category/entry-source/encyclopedia-
