The earliest working cotton
gin was invented by Eli Whitney.
This model can be seen in the Smithsonian
in Washington D.C.
See an animated model of the Eli Whitney cotton gin. Learn more about Eli Whitney .
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Today the cotton gin can process
many bales of cotton in a day.
Read about the modern cotton gin.
This diagram shows how a modern
cotton gin works.
At the gin the cotton bales are loaded
onto trucks and taken to the denim mill.
