Columbia SC Photographers Travis Bell / Creative, LLC

Springs Cotton Mill

The towers in Lancaster, S.C. are only a memory now of what was once heralded as the world's largest cotton mill. The Springs Industries structure lifted the southern town on its shoulders, carrying it through America's depression and world wars, but fell in the shadow of free trade. ©Travis Bell Photography.

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The towers in Lancaster, S.C. are only a memory now of what was once heralded as the world's largest cotton mill. The Springs Industries structure lifted the southern town on its shoulders, carrying it through America's depression and world wars, but fell in the shadow of free trade. ©Travis Bell Photography.