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Site of Bell Factory
Site of BELL FACTORY
104
Mile and one-half southeast on Flint River
Earliest important textile mill
in Alabama
Incorporated by
Patton Donegan Company in 1832
3,000 spindles and 100 looms
operated by skilled slave labor
In production as late as 1885
Name derived from "bell" used to signal workers
ERECTED BY: JUDGE DAVID CAMPBELL CHAPTER - DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN COLONISTS 1957
The Daughters of the American Colonists (DAC)/Judge David Campbell Chapter sponsored this DAC marker in 1957. It is located on the west side of Winchester Road at the intersection of Bell Factory Road in Riverton, Alabama. References 10, 25, 31, 32, 35, 36, 71, 81, 87, and 90 give additional details regarding Bell Factory and other early textile mills in Madison County.
