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  2. List of watermills in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts. Dexter Grist Mill, Sandwich, built in 1654, fully restored in 1961. Jenney Grist Mill, Plymouth, built in 1969 on site of 1636 grist mill. Old Schwamb Mill, Arlington, built in 1861 with operations on the site dating to 1684. Old Stockbridge Grist Mill, Scituate, built ca. 1650. Sturbridge Village grist mill, Sturbridge, built 1939.

  3. New York Mills, New York - Wikipedia

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    James S. Pula and Eugene E. Dziedzic provide a detailed history on the village in their book New York Mills (Images of America): [5] New York Mills, named for the textile factories that were once the backbone of the surrounding villages economy, ranked among the foremost producers of quality fabrics in the country. Originally a wilderness area ...

  4. Battle of Gaines' Mill - Wikipedia

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    7,993. (1,483 killed, 6,402 wounded, 108 missing or captured) [ 3] The Battle of Gaines' Mill, sometimes known as the Battle of Chickahominy River, took place on June 27, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the third of the Seven Days Battles which together decided the outcome of the Union's Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.

  5. List of cities and counties in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    e. Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.

  6. Galt's Mill Complex - Wikipedia

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    Galt's Mill Complex. /  37.44306°N 79.08639°W  / 37.44306; -79.08639. Galt's Mill Complex is a national historic district located near Madison Heights, Amherst County, Virginia. It encompasses 21 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 8 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object associated with a rural mill village.

  7. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Cox, Thomas R. Mills and markets: A history of the Pacific Coast lumber industry to 1900 (U of Washington Press, 2016). online; Fox, William Freeman. A history of the lumber industry in the state of New York (US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry, 1902) online; Fries, R. J. Empire in Pine. The Story of Lumbering in Wisconsin, 1830 ...

  8. Whitaker's Mill Archeological Complex - Wikipedia

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    May 15, 2008. Whitaker's Mill Archeological Complex, also known as Burwell's Mill, is the site of an early colonial mill complex in York County near Williamsburg. Located on the historic King's Creek Plantation near Route 199 and Water Country Parkway, the site has industrial remains of millworks from the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as ...

  9. Water Mill, New York - Wikipedia

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    FIPS code. 36-78575 [ 2] GNIS feature ID. 1867422 [ 3] Water Mill is a hamlet and a census-designated place (CDP) within the Town of Southampton on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,559 at the 2010 census. [ 4] Its ZIP Code is 11976.