Graniteville is an unincorporated community in Aiken County, South Carolina, located on U.S. Highway 1, five miles (8 km) west of Aiken. In 1990, Graniteville had a population of 1,158. Aiken County is a county located in the state of South Carolina. ... MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION MILEPOST Legend BROWSE STATE HWYS {{{browse}}} United States Highway 1 is a United States highway which parallels the east coast of the United States. ... Aiken is a city located in Aiken County, South Carolina and is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. ...

Graniteville dates back to the 1840s. William Gregg built the South's first cotton mill in what became known as Graniteville. His mill town included 90 homes, several boarding houses, six stores, two churches, and a school for the mill workers and their families. The community got its name because most of those buildings were constructed of blue granite. // Events and Trends Technology First use of anaesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. ... William Gregg (VC, DCM, MM) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... The U.S. Southern states or the South, also known colloquially as Dixie, constitute a distinctive region covering a large portion of the United States, with its own unique heritage, historical perspective, customs, musical styles, and cuisine. ... The cotton mill is a type of factory that was created to house spinning and weaving machinery. ... In regional New England parlance, a mill town is one that grew up around one or more mills or factories, usually on a river that was used as a source of power in the days before electricity. ... A boarding house is a house (often a family home) in which holiday-makers or lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months and years. ... Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ...

Graniteville remains home to several major textile plants, now part of Avondale Mills, a company which is one of the largest denim manufacturers in the United States. It is also home to a Bridgestone/Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant. It has been suggested that Textile manufacturing be merged into this article or section. ... Part of a pair of denim blue jeans Denim closeup Denim, in American usage since the late 18th century, denotes a rugged cotton twill textile, in which the weft passes under two (twi- double) or more warp fibers, producing the familiar diagonal ribbing identifiable on the reverse of the fabric... Bridgestone Corporation (株式会社ブリヂストン) was founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi (石橋 正二郎 Ishibashi Shōjirō) in the city of Kurume, Japan. ... Firestone tire Firestone redirects here. ...

On January 6, 2005, a freight train struck a parked train outside Avondale's Woodhead plant. One of the train cars was carrying liquid chlorine, which when released was vaporized into a poisonous cloud. As of January 9, 2005, nine people were dead and more than 250 injured. January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aerial overview of the accident scene. ... General Name, Symbol, Number chlorine, Cl, 17 Chemical series halogens Group, Period, Block 17, 3, p Appearance yellowish green Atomic mass 35. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Graniteville profile from the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
• Avondale Mills website
• Profile of Bridgestone/Firestone South Carolina