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The Reedy River, named for the reeds that once grew close around its banks, flows from Traveler's Rest southward for almost sixty miles. In the middle of Greenville, it tumbles into steep, narrow falls, and then meanders toward Conestee before joining the Saluda River at Lake Greenwood. Its shoals and falls provided power for early settlers, and Greenville's Main Street is located at its shallow ford. Early water-powered industries clustered along the Reedy River, including an ironworks, the Gower, Cox, and Markley Coach Factory from 1835 to 1910, a sawmill, a paper-making factory, an armory, and grist and corn mills. Later, textile and apparel mills were established along its banks.
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Greenville, South Carolina · United States
