Item 17: No. 17. Engine room, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909

H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 17 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "The Engine Room of the White Oak Cotton Mills is the largest and best equipped individual power station in the South. It contains four enormous Steam Engines, each of 2,500 horse power capacity, giving the station an aggregate capacity of 10,000 horse power. Connected with each engine is a large electric generator. The four generators are connected at the switchboard, where the power is distributed to electric motors in the various departments of the Mill." The White Oak Cotton Mills made denim. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.