- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Factory Shoals historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Newton County
Mills and mill-work--Georgia--Newton County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Newton County, 33.55505, -83.85019
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 450 Newton Factory Bridge Road - in the park
Text of marker: "Factory Shoals c. 1820. This area represents one of George's earliest experiences in advanced water-powered industrialization technologically unsurpassed in the U.S. Archaeological remains of 5 mills ranging from large textile factories to small grist mills exist within a one mile section of the river. The post office for the thriving environs was Webbville, 1832, later Newton Factory, 1846, with a population of 600 by 1860. Sherman's march through Newton County, 1864, the flood of 1881 and other economic forces fore-shortened the post-bellum prosperity of this remarkable development. Placed By Landmark Committee Newton County Historical Site 6, May 11, 1993" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_factory-shoals
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_factory-shoals
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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