Georgia Cotton Manufacturing Company - Smithfield RI
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nomadwillie
N 41° 53.252 W 071° 30.377
19T E 292062 N 4640327
Converted to residential property the factory became one of the largest in the area in the 19th century
Waymark Code: WMRN33
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2016
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Near the Baptist Church is (R) the rear of the Old Belfry Stone Mill, the original mill (1813) built by the Georgia Cotton Manufacturing Company at an 1 8-foot fall in the Woonasquatucket River. The bell and belfry are still in place on this old textile mill, which is being remodeled (1937) for a macaroni factory.
p.387 Rhode Island, A Guide to the Smallest State, 1937
The belfry is gone but the factory still exists has been converted to residential apartments. The factory is the center of the Georgiaville Historic District. The Old Belfry Stone Mill was demolished in 1951, however some extensions of the mill are incorporated into the pictured mill that was primarily built in 1853.
Book: Rhode Island
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 387
Year Originally Published: 1937
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