In the federally designated Great Falls Historic District, where a series of canals once directed water to the wheels of mills that spun silk and produced the first practical revolver pistol, an industrial revival is not likely.
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At that time the company name was Shinano Spun Silk Spinning Co ., Ltd . As the years passed, the company embarked on other industrial markets that would grow more progressively, while maintaining its proud history in the silk industry.
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Lord & Taylor has a white nylon bodysuit by DKNY ( $ 72 ), a private-label cotton sweater ( $ 30 ), a ribbed version in spun silk by 17 North ( $ 30 ) and a sleeveless ribbed silk turtleneck by Anne Klein II ( $ 90 ).
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Lord & AMP; Taylor has a white nylon bodysuit by DKNY ( $ 72 ), a private-label cotton sweater ( $ 30 ), a ribbed version in spun silk by 17 North ( $ 30 ) and a sleeveless ribbed silk turtleneck by Anne Klein II ( $ 90 ).
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The union was founded in 1919 with the merger of six local unions, all based in north Staffordshire or southern Cheshire : the Amalgamated Society of Silk Pickers, Amalgamated Society of Braid Workers and Kindred Trades, Amalgamated Society of Silk and Cotton Dyers, Amalgamated Society of Women Workers, Amalgamated Society of Silk Spinners, Throwsters and Reelers, and the Leek Spun Silk Dressers Union.
