Cannon Mills Company

E139129
company defunct company textile manufacturer

Cannon Mills Company was a major American textile manufacturer best known for producing towels and operating one of the world’s largest towel factories in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cannon Mills Company canonical 4
Fieldcrest Cannon Inc. 2
Cannon Manufacturing Company 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf company ⓘ
defunct company ⓘ
textile manufacturer ⓘ
acquiredBy Fieldcrest Mills ⓘ
basedIn Cabarrus County ⓘ
surface form: Cabarrus County, North Carolina
brand Cannon ⓘ
Royal Cannon ⓘ
category American textile companies ⓘ
Defunct manufacturing companies of the United States ⓘ
contributedTo urban development of Kannapolis ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicImpact major employer in Kannapolis, North Carolina ⓘ
employs textile workers ⓘ
formerName Cannon Mills Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cannon Manufacturing Company
foundedBy James William Cannon ⓘ
founder James William Cannon ⓘ
hasFacility towel factory in Kannapolis, North Carolina ⓘ
hasSuccessor Pillowtex Corporation ⓘ
headquartersLocation Kannapolis, North Carolina ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of early 20th-century Southern textile mill ⓘ
inception 1887 ⓘ
industry textile industry ⓘ
knownForBranding Cannon towels ⓘ
laborForceType mill village workforce ⓘ
locatedIn Kannapolis, North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mergedInto Pillowtex Corporation ⓘ
namedAfter James William Cannon ⓘ
notableFor operating one of the world’s largest towel factories ⓘ
producing towels ⓘ
role in the development of Kannapolis, North Carolina ⓘ
operated mill village housing in Kannapolis ⓘ
partOf textile industry in the American South ⓘ
product bed linens ⓘ
household textiles ⓘ
towels ⓘ
provided company-owned amenities in Kannapolis ⓘ
regionServed United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

international markets ⓘ
scale one of the world’s largest towel factories ⓘ
sector manufacturing ⓘ
significantEvent closure of Kannapolis plant ⓘ
specialization terry cloth towels ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kannapolis, North Carolina → foundedAsCompanyTownFor → Cannon Mills Company ⓘ
Kannapolis, North Carolina → hasMajorEmployerHistorically → Cannon Mills Company ⓘ
Cannon Mills Company → formerName → Cannon Mills Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cannon Manufacturing Company
Fieldcrest Mills → mergedInto → Cannon Mills Company ⓘ
Fieldcrest Mills → successor → Cannon Mills Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fieldcrest Cannon Inc.
Fieldcrest Mills → associatedWith → Cannon Mills Company ⓘ
Fieldcrest Mills → associatedWith → Cannon Mills Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fieldcrest Cannon Inc.