Site of Bell Factory
Mile and one-half southeast on Flint River
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Earliest important textile mill in Alabama
Incorporated by
Patton Donegan Company in 1832
3,000 spindles and 100 looms
operated by skilled slave labor.
In production as late as 1885.
Name derived from "bell" used to signal workers
Marker is at the intersection of Winchester Road and Bell Factory Road, on the right when traveling south on Winchester Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
