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| | Bishop Hill History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | The looms remaining from the Bishop Hill Colony are of typical Swedish construction, counterbalanced with string heddles. |
 | | In the mid-1800s the 350 looms in Delsbor parish wove 90,000 meters. |
 | | The prices received for the same time period, per yard, were: bagging $0.125, crash $0.10, carpeting $0.25, table linen $0.60, $0.75, $0.70; twill pants $0.25, $0.18; strip pants $0.40, $0.375; drill pants $0.375; towel twill $0.125, plain pants $0.20; shirting $0.50; fine plain $0.40; fine stripe $0.40; coarse stripe $0.35; sheeting $0.625, $040. |
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