- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Darien Lumber Mill, ca. 1900
- Date of Original:
- 1900
- Subject:
- Lumber trade--Georgia--Darien
Rivers--Georgia
Mills and mill-work--Georgia--Darien
Altamaha River (Ga.)
Rafts--Georgia--Darien
Timber--Rafting--Georgia
Men--Georgia--Darien
Boaters (Persons)--Georgia--Darien
Buildings--Georgia--Darien
Factories--Georgia--Darien - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Darien, 31.37023, -81.43399
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Pine timber was rafted down the Altamaha River to Darien's sawmills. The town became the leading center for export of lumber on the southern Atlantic coast during the late nineteenth century.
Photograph of logs arriving at the Darien, Georgia lumber mill around 1900. Pine timber was rafted down the Altamaha River to Darien's sawmills. Mill workers stand on and around the logs. The mill building stands in the background. The town became the leading center for export of lumber on the southern Atlantic coast during the late nineteenth century. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/darien/m-2085/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries | If you wish to use any Hargrett Library Materials (whole or in part) for publication in electronic or any other form, you must obtain the specific written permission of both the owner of the physical property and the holder of the copyright
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/darien
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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