THE TONGE FACTORY - GHM - 043-3 Bainbridge, Ga.
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N 30° 54.757 W 084° 34.026
16R E 732504 N 3422454
Located on Ga. 97 just south of Ga. 311 intersection, Bainbridge, Ga.
Waymark Code: WM76V9
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2009
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The Tonge Factory, owned by S. D. Tonge, stood on the South bank of the Flint river one-fourth mile West of here. The cloth produced by this plant was used by the women of Bainbridge to make uniforms for the Confederate soldiers of Decatur county. The factory also supplied the county's needy with cotton yarn during the critical period of the War Between the States. In July, 1864, Mr. Tonge gave the Macon Hospital enough cotton to produce 1,200 mattresses for the comfort of the sick and wounded Confederate soldiers sent to Macon from battle areas.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 043-3
Date: 1953
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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