Company Store New Manchester

Company Store New Manchester. . , Brick Manufacturing Area , Operated by Angus Ferguson , The saw mill, further upstream, and the brick making facility were both run by Angus Ferguson. His company was known as Ferguson's Merchants Mills. Using slave labor, Ferguson supplied the lumber and bricks for the construction of the mill as well as lumber for all the other buildings in the area. Angus was known for being kind to his slaves, and many stayed with him until his death in 1892., First Shoal and Dam , The drop in the river's elevation begins at the first shoal and dam, and it continues to drop on its way past the factory all the way to the Chattahoochee., Millrace , The millrace was built of stacked stones that form the side walls. It was 1,525 feet long and hand dug by slaves., Company Store , Operated by Nathaniel Humphries , The company store was operated by Nathaniel Humphries, and it was rumored that he and his four brothers ran a shoe manufacturing operation for the Confederacy in the basement of the store. The building was three stories and contained dry goods and a post office on the first floor. The second and third stories were comprised of two apartments per floor. One of the apartments was believed to have been the Civil War home for William J. Russell. , New Manchester Mill , The factory opened its doors and began producing goods on December 21, 1849. , Spillway , The spillway acted as a channel to divert the water from the millrace back into the river. This enabled repairs to be made to the water wheel and, in the case of flooding, allowed a conduit for overflow.