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Ruins of the Old Souther Mill Union County, GA - December 2021 |
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Ruins of the Old Souther Mill Union County, GA - December 2021 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2021-2022) |
| I haven't been able to find out much about this old gristmill in the Young Cane district. It was apparently operated by Rev. Henry Carroll in the late 1800s; his former dwelling remains standing in the general area. I couldn't find any information in any of the Union County history books. The courthouse museum has a couple of notebooks on UC gristmills that I've consulted in the past; will have to see if they have anything. I've also seen a notation that a Elihew/Elihu (Lihue) Davenport operated a grist mill on Young Cane Creek, but that may have been a different mill at another location. |
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| Breached millpond dam, from the front (downstream) side |
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| Close-up of the dam breach. |
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| Mill dam |
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| Undated photo of the mill and dam. The viewpoint here is similar to the previous image. |
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| From the side, looking across the mill dam. |
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| From the rear |
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| View from what would have been the mill pond. |
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| Walking back around to the front of the dam, I crossed the creek over to the other side. |
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| Remnant of a rock foundation |
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| A jumble of rocks near where the mill building stood. |
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| Looking down on the far side of the mill dam. |
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| Behind the dam (millpond side). |