Manufacturing While many textile jobs moved overseas, there is still a textile industry located around the cities of Rome, Columbus, Augusta, Macon and along the I-75 corridor between Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Historically it started along the fall line in the Piedmont, where factories were powered by waterfalls and rivers. It includes the towns of Cartersville, Calhoun, Ringgold and DaltonLohr, Kathy (September 3, 2013) "New Carpet Factories Help Cushion Blows From Recession Losses" , NPR; Retrieved March 19, 2014.
manufacturing while many textile jobs moved overseas there is still a textile industry located around the cities of rome columbus augusta macon and along the i-75 corridor between atlanta and chattanooga tennessee historically it started along the fall line in the piedmont where factories were powered by waterfalls and rivers it includes the towns of cartersville calhoun ringgold and daltonlohr kathy (september 3 2013) "new carpet factories help cushion blows from recession losses"  npr; retrieved march 19 2014