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Photographer: The Hilton Head Island Historical Society
Taken: `
Caption: "Robbers Row" Sawmill Number One, Port Royal Interpretive Marker
Additional Description: Pictured here is Goverment Sawmill Number One on Hilton Head Island. The lumber from this mill was used to construct military structures, as well as government housing in nearby Mitchelville for the newly freed slaves. It took plenty of manpower and horsepower to run a sawmill in 1864. Note the logging cart at the right.
Submitted: August 30, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p75651
File Size: 0.694 Megabytes

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