13 Extra Production of cloth and clothing The cotton spinning mill Meiersboden Ltd. was built in 1861 and consisted of a lodging house, a large central factory, and a pressure line. As an employer of up to 150 people it was a major business for the canton. A large fire destroyed the factory in 1886.Image: Raetian Museum + Catharina Albertina Vogt took over the dyeing business Pedolin on the Obere Mühlbach (upper mill stream) in Chur in 1874 and extended it further into a mechanical wool spinning and weaving mill. Later the company specialized in cloth manufacturing. In 1982 the spinning mill was closed down and the business concentrated on dry-cleaning.Image: Raetian Museum + Advertisement of the dyeing business Pedolin, 1905.Image: Raetian Museum + Cloth factory Schwendener-Nauser, 1909. In 1860 the wool spinner Heinrich Schwendener (1836‒1906) opened a textile factory in Chur. In 1893 it was equipped with a water turbine, and produced cloths and knitting yarn as well as military-grade cloths and woollen blankets. The business existed until 1953.Photo: Raetian Museum + Cloth factory in Trun, early 20th century. Gion Fidel Tuor (1875‒1955) founded the «Fabrica da ponn Trun» in 1912, which played an important role for the entire region over many years. It still employed over 400 people in the 1970s. Lack of investing and increasing competition led to its closure in 2001.Image: Raetian Museum + Advertisement of the cloth factory Truns Ltd., around 1920‒1940. Apart from the production of military-grade material and robust woollen cloths made from mountain sheep’s wool the cloth factory Truns Ltd. also manufactured more refined products.Image: Raetian Museum +