Anderson Mill near Powder Springs / Austell

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Anderson's Mill was one of several family-run farmhouse and grist mill combinations in the SE Cobb County
area in the mid 1850s.   These overgrown ruins are one of the few remaining indications of these agricultural
enterprises.   This mill was the position of the Union Army's extreme right flank (Cavalry) in late June 1864.

Anderson Mill from across Olley Creek

The mill ruins are on the north side of the creek, so that was where I headed first.   It is so grown up with privet that I could hardly move around, much less get any wide view images.

Exterior wall, from creek bank

This window's wooden header won't last much longer.

Interior wall, showing ledge shelf that supported the floor.

Mossy wall stones

View toward the other side

Walls and window openings

Window opening and widening doorway

I crossed over to the opposite bank to get a few exterior views.

I'm not sure if these boulders had anything to do with the mill operation.

Corner of mill

While not in great shape, this is one of a very few stone mill structural remains left on private land in Cobb County.

It's a shame that nothing is being done to preserve this site.

All grown over...

Remains of a mill dam

Another, mostly-collapsed stone structure on the creek bank...

Anderson's Mill location, east of Powder Springs, GA from Official Atlas of the Civil War, Pl. 60

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