Mill Race Park - Columbus, IN
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stinger503
N 39° 12.207 W 085° 55.563
16S E 592729 N 4339903
Site of many historic mills
Waymark Code: WM16GR2
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2022
Views: 1
Mill Race Park is located on Carl Miske Drive in Columbus, Indiana. The park has a small section of a brick building that was once a mill and had a mill race going through it. On the brick is a plaque which describes the mills, brickworks and tanneries that were located on the riverside area.
PLAQUE TEXT:
"MILL RACE PARK
THROUGH THIS SITE RAN A MILL RACE
ALONG WHICH WERE LOCATED SOME OF OUR
EARLY INDUSTRIES
PATTERSON MILL
BONNELL TANNERY WHICH BECAME EMIG & SON TANNERY
BANFIL & ROSE MILL, WHICH BECAME GRIFFITH & WHITESIDES MILL
WHITESIDES BRICKYARD
JEFFERSONVILLE, MADSION & INDIANAPOLIS RR WHICH BECAME PART OF PENNYSLVANIA RR
CARTER, SAMUELS & CO. WHICH BECAME HYDRAULIC WOOLEN MILL
W.W. MOONEY & SONS TANNERY, LATER BOUGHT BY HOWES LEATHER CO.
F.T. CRUMP BRICKYARD WM. LAWHEAD BRICKYARD
DALMBERT SERGEANT & CO. SAXONY WOOLEN MILL
KELLER GAS WORKS WHICH BECAME COLUMBUS GAS LIGHT & COKE CO.
COLUMBUS, HOPE & GREENSBURG RR WHICH BECAME PART OF NEW YORK CENTRAL RR
DEDUCATED AUGUST 21, 1966
Current Status: Ruin
Current Use: Not listed
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