My first job was there at the White Oak Plant. Started in the Yarn Prep dept and then went to the carpentry shop as a floor sander (part time). Sad to see so much of it is gone... the card room, with spinning room above it and the dye house, opening rooms, machine shop and carpentry shop... just to name a few. There used to be another row of warehouses that were behind the one shown in the video... they backed up to the spillway/creek towards summit ave. My Grandfather worked at White Oak for 52 years... my Dad retired from White Oak with 38+ years with Cone Mills.
It's sad to see these places I once walked in now being torn down. I worked at Revolution but I had some friends that worked at White Oak. It was once a leader in premium denim before being bought out and sold overseas.
So very true. Both of my grandfathers retired from Revolution and many of my other relatives worked the white oak plant including my mom. It seems nothing in GBO looks anything as it did 10 years ago let alone 25 or 30. Kind of sad really
Wow. It really sucks seeing a place with such history be torn down. I thought for sure they would've kept the building for history purposes. What a damn shame
I agree with you. Yes, I checked back not too long ago and most of what you see in this video is still there. It doesn't appear there's any hurry to finish it off.
I live in Raleigh and am visiting Greensboro for a few days.I went by the mill today,it is HUGE.Sad that it's closed.Greensboro has a lot of homeless people,sad.
I drove by there on accident and fell in love bc of the size of the property, I wanted to go explore it so bad lol
I worked there for a very short period of time about 20 years ago, it would be an interesting urbex.
@@heliflyer7 it’s so bad now I don’t think it’s safe to even go inside sadly, it looked so cool
I think that's a smart move. It couldn't be very structurally sound in there.
My first job was there at the White Oak Plant. Started in the Yarn Prep dept and then went to the carpentry shop as a floor sander (part time). Sad to see so much of it is gone... the card room, with spinning room above it and the dye house, opening rooms, machine shop and carpentry shop... just to name a few.
There used to be another row of warehouses that were behind the one shown in the video... they backed up to the spillway/creek towards summit ave. My Grandfather worked at White Oak for 52 years... my Dad retired from White Oak with 38+ years with Cone Mills.
Thanks for sharing your experience there.
It's sad to see these places I once walked in now being torn down. I worked at Revolution but I had some friends that worked at White Oak. It was once a leader in premium denim before being bought out and sold overseas.
Yes, it is sad. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
So very true. Both of my grandfathers retired from Revolution and many of my other relatives worked the white oak plant including my mom. It seems nothing in GBO looks anything as it did 10 years ago let alone 25 or 30. Kind of sad really
History fading before our eyes. Sad
Just found out my grandfather worked here
Thanks for sharing!
Wow. It really sucks seeing a place with such history be torn down. I thought for sure they would've kept the building for history purposes. What a damn shame
Totally agree.
Kinda the story of American manufacturing, sadly. Is any of it still there? TIA
I agree with you. Yes, I checked back not too long ago and most of what you see in this video is still there. It doesn't appear there's any hurry to finish it off.
I live in Raleigh and am visiting Greensboro for a few days.I went by the mill today,it is HUGE.Sad that it's closed.Greensboro has a lot of homeless people,sad.
Agreed on both counts.
Thanks for the video.Back in 1998-99,l lived 2-3 miles from the plant.Greensboro is a nice city,however there are problems in the city.
You’re welcome!
so sad :(