Ellis County TXGenWeb - Midlothian Industry

 

Midlothian Industry

Contributed by Jean Caddell

Photos courtesy Ellis County Museum

 

Steam operated gin, corner of Avenue G (287) and 8th Street, West of railroad tracks, downtown Midlothian, circa 1890's.

 

Electric cotton gin (foreground) and electric cottonseed oil mill (background), Midlothian, Texas, circa 1890's. These are supposed to be first electric ones in Ellis County.

 


 

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