Southern Spindle and Flyer Company

The Southern Spindle & Flyer was producing spindles, rollers, and flyers for textile companies out of a one-story frame machine shop with a tiny corner office, located on the southern end of their 50’ by 150’ lot. It served textile mills in the Charlotte region and throughout the South.The company manufactured and repaired all varieties of steel rollers, flyer pressers, card room spindles, lifting rods, and cylinder heaters.The Southern Spindle and Flyer Company both benefited from and contributed to Charlotte’s emergence as a booming textile manufacturing center.