On this day in 1793, young inventor Eli Whitney had his U.S. patent for the cotton gin approved, an invention that would definitely have an impact on social and economic conditions that led to the ...

First, that it prevents all bridging, clogging and breaking of the roll, and economizes the force required to drive the gin; second, it delivers the lint free from dust and sand; third, its ...

Big Tin Cotton Gin is at risk of closing to make way for a QT gas station. Nothing is set in stone yet as a historical designation could still be filed.

Bowling Green Plantation, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, 1795. Eli Whitney has planted the seed of the American cotton industry's industrial revolution by engineering the cotton gin! Which would ...

A once-abandoned cotton gin factory that is being renovated into apartments stands beside Autauga Creek in Prattville, Ala., on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. The factory's history is tied up in slavery ...

The Northern Territory’s first cotton gin has moved a step closer with Western Australia and Northern Territory Cotton (WANT) in discussions with potential stakeholders to build and manage the ...

This is Clay County’s first and only cotton gin. Sain said there are many cotton acres in Northeast Arkansas, so newer infrastructure was needed. He said they outgrew their old facility.

The Hutchinson News reports that the southern Kansas cotton gin formerly known as High Plains Cotton could see its second biggest ginning year. Its first was in 2007, when it ginned 24,000 bales.

Instead, a more relevant patent war actually took place about 50 years earlier, when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.

Big Tin Cotton Gin is at risk of closing to make way for a QT gas station. Nothing is set in stone yet as a historical designation could still be filed.