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Old River Mill Union County, GA - July 2020 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
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Old River Mill Union County, GA - July 2020 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2020) |
| When I came across a reference to this old mill in Union County, I went looking for it. It wasn't the time of year to be exploring and photographing old ruins in the woods! I would have to return on a cloudy day in winter when the leaves have fallen and the undergrowth has died back. The mill goes back to the 1850s, and originally ground wheat, rye and corn. A turbine generator was installed next to the mill in 1928 and supplied power to sections of Blairsville for almost 20 years. A couple of big floods eventually washed away most of the mill structure, although stone foundation walls and piers remain. The mill dam was breached long ago, probably by the same floods; the concrete generator building still stands. |
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| Generator building |
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| Generator building, from the other side |
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| It's hard to see with the undergrowth, but at the center are the steps to the former mill's entrance. |
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| Stone foundation wall, from the mill's interior |
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| Another foundation wall, angling 90 degrees from the previous wall... |
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| Stone foundation piers |
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| Foundation piers |
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| I have no idea what this piece of machinery is. It's within the old mill's foundation walls. |
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| Maybe something to do with the textile industry(?), although I haven't found anything similar... |
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| Another foundation wall... |
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| Some fittings attached to old timbers. |
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| Breached end of old mill dam. |
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| Wound cable, attached to tree |
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| Rock ledge at river |
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| Old River Mill, date unknown. |
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| Old River Mill dam, date unknown. |