- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Old Factory Creek historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Early County
Mills and mill-work--Georgia--Early County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Early County, 31.32283, -84.90364
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Factory Creek Rd. (County Road 141) 9 miles northwest of Blakely
Text of marker: "OLD FACTORY CREEK. In 1855, Anthony Hutchins and a group of local citizens built a two-story cotton mill of handmade bricks, fired in Early County, on the north side of Harrod's Creek. The mill, known as the Early County Manufacturing Company, was constructed to spin the cotton produced in the area. It was powered from the falls on Harrod's Creek. Thread from the factory was sold to the W.C. Bradley Company in Columbus, GA. The mill operated for two decades before closing in 1876. Trespassers burned the abandoned structure on March 17, 1927. Over time the name of the creek changed from "Harrod's" to "Old Factory." ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION AND THE EARLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2002" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_old-factory-creek
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_old-factory-creek
- 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:
-
