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Along this river is the South’s best surviving concentration of nineteenth century hydro-mechanical and electrical engineering systems related to grist and textile mills. In 1978, the U.S. Department of the Interior declared the Historic Riverfront Industrial District a national historic landmark, consisting of Columbus Iron Works (1853), Eagle & Phenix and Muscogee Mills, City Mills (1828), and Bibb Mill (1899).
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Columbus, Georgia · United States
