Troup Factory-HCC-Troup County
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Sprinterman
N 32° 56.704 W 084° 55.405
16S E 694123 N 3647110
Flat Shoals Creek on US 27, 10 mi S of LaGrange
Waymark Code: WM4P7Q
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/14/2008
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Troup Factory, first cotton mill in Troup County, Georiga, was established in 1846 on Flat Shoals Creek by Robertson, Leslie & Co., of Meriwether County. Water powered carding, spinning and weaving, in a massive four-storied mill, produced famed quality sheetings and osnaburgs until 1899. In 1902, L. M. Park bought and removed the mill to LaGrange. Maxey Brooks (1796-1861), pioneer millwright, built an important gristmill on the site in 1829 and sold it to the Company in 1846.
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Ocfuskee Historical Society 1980
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: HCC
Date: 1980
Sponsor: Not listed
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