silk mills
Textile production facilities
Silk mills are factories where silk is processed and woven into fabric.
The term evokes the industrial era when textile production moved from homes to mechanized facilities: The old silk mills along the river have been converted to apartments.
Mill towns in the northeastern United States and England were often built around silk and cotton mills.
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