The gin shop, downtown's iconic landmark, was home to Pratt's industrial pursuits. At one time it was the largest cotton gin ...

If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as an example of how the industrial revolution took previously manual processes and ...

At one time it was the largest cotton gin factory in the world. A century later that industrial heart still beat strongly, and the site built high pressure steam pipes for the Manhattan Project ...