Opened in 1902, the Bibb Manufacturing Company operated for 96 years until bankruptcy. Often referred to as “the Bibb”, the mill produced print cloth, yarn, carpet backing, bed sheets and pillow cases.
A fire in 2008, attributed to arson, burned the massive building down to the remaining facade that is present today.
Griffin, GA's first textile mill was one of six plants operating under the Dundee brand name for terry cloth products. It continued operations until the company declared bankruptcy in the early 2000s.
Many industrial mills in the South are being repurposed as residential spaces. The Griffin Mill is currently under a renovation as a multi-family apartment complex known as the Carlisle
Traveling along the Mississippi Delta there will be numerous churches that includes the descriptor “Crossroads” along with its denomination.
Legend is that blues musician Robert Leroy Johnson had a midnight encounter with the devil near Rosedale at the crossroads of US 61 and US 49 where he sold his soul for musical genius.
The Cuthbert water tower was built in 1895 by the Walsh and Weidner Boiler Company of Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1909 a tornado struck Cuthbert and the top of the water tower was knocked over into the Rosedale Cemetery. The deluge of water dislodged several graves.
Recognized as a Place in Peril by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation in 2018, the tower was restored in 2023.
Founded in Manchester, GA by the Callaway family, the Manchester Cotton Mill was a major steam-powered mill producing cotton duck, sateens, and twills.
Arsonist burnt down the factory where today only two smokestacks and a water tower remain.
At a cross track of the Central of Georgia Railway is the site of the Dixie Plywood and Lumber Company which began operation outside of Savannah in 1945. The iron water tower and vacant warehouses remain on the property that was sold by the company in 2022. The property was also where one of the country’s largest sales of enslaved people, known as “The Weeping Time”, occurred in the 19th century.