MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The former cotton gin factory in downtown Prattville is now apartments, and this month, the new complex welcomed its first residents. “The Mill at Prattville” has ...

A man enters an old cotton gin factory that is being renovated into apartments in Prattville, Ala., on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. The project demonstrates the difficulty of telling complicated U.S ...

The historic Daniel Pratt cotton gin and property in downtown Prattville is set to be auctioned off at the Autauga County Courthouse Dec. 29 according to a legal advertisement in Saturday's ...

Vidalia Mills in Vidalia, Louisiana, is the first and only mill in the world to embed a unique digital tracker into its plant-based cotton fibers. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip Featured ...

Sain said the cotton gin benefits his customers, local farmers. He said the faster cotton is processed, the quicker the grower gets paid. Sain wanted to build the new gin to last for decades to come.

The Mill at Prattville now has 127 loft-style apartments across five historic, masonry buildings that are known to locals as “The Gin Shop," what was once Daniel Pratt’s industrial complex.

The cotton harvest in Marana must go on, whether or not any gins are nearby. This year the management of the Trico Gin, 15315 W. Silverbell Road — Marana's last operating cotton gin ...

The transatlantic slave trade was outlawed in 1808 and slavery was in decline before Eli Whitney invented the labor-saving gin to separate white cotton fibers from seeds.

A once-abandoned cotton gin factory that is being renovated into apartments stands beside Autauga Creek in Prattville, Ala., on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.