Transporting Dacron

Title

Transporting Dacron

Date

1955

Description

From DuPont's new $40,000,000 plant for making Dacron polyester fiber, these packages of the fiber start their journey to textile manufacturers. The textile trade will convert, weave and knit this Dacron into apparel fabrics and also fabrics for household and industrial uses. The plant at Kinston, North Carolina was completed in March of 1953. It is the newest of eight plants operated by the company's Textile Fibers Department.

Subject

Chemical industry
Shipping
Textile fiber industry
Polyester fibers industry
Dacron--Synthetic fibers--Chemical industry--Synthetic fibers industry
Textile workers

Source

NJ/DE Digital Collective

Relation

https://digital.hagley.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A2224214/datastream/TN/view/Transporting%20Dacron.jpg

Type

image

References

https://digital.hagley.org/1972341_1477

Citation

“Transporting Dacron,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed June 28, 2026, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/39602.

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