- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- New Manchester Mill Ruins
- Creator:
- Travis Hudgons
- Date of Original:
- 2009-07-19
- Subject:
- Lithia Springs (Ga.)--Antiquities
Mills and mill-work--Georgia--Lithia Springs
Trees--Georgia--Lithia Springs
Parks--Georgia--Lithia Springs
Textile factories--Georgia--Lithia Springs
Building, Brick--Georgia--Lithia Springs - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Douglas County, 33.70182, -84.76793
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- During the Civil War, Union forces burned the New Manchester Manufacturing Company on July 9, 1864. Today its ruins lie in the Sweetwater Creek State Park in Douglas County. The creek, mill ruins, and surrounding land were preserved by the Georgia Conservancy in the late 1960s.
Photograph of the ruins of the New Manchester Mill in the Sweetwater Creek State Conservation Park in Douglas County, Georgia. Union forces burned the New Manchester Mill on July 9, 1864. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/textile-industry/m-2301/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/hudgons/3734806345/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Department of Economic Development. Please do not use any images without permission
Image from Travis Hudgons - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/georgia-conservancy
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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