Saluda Factory
Mill, West Columbia, South Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Mill
- Where
- West Columbia, South Carolina
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Ruins
SALUDA FACTORY
Water-powered mill, once the largest cotton factory in South Carolina. It made cloth for shirts and woolen uniforms for the Confederate Army. Sherman's troops burned the factory on February 17, 1865.
Saluda Factory
One mile east on the Saluda River stood a 4-story granite building erected by the Saluda Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1834. Operated by slave labor, it was, at one time, the largest cotton factory in the State. Burned by Sherman Feb. 17, 1865, it was rebuilt and operated for some time after the war.
Then
The water-powered mill made cloth for shirts and woolen uniforms for the Confederate Army. It was once the largest cotton factory in South Carolina.
Sherman's troops burned the factory on February 17, 1865.
Now
Ruins
Ruins of the mill stand on the grounds of Riverbanks Zoo and Garden.
Track in service today runs beside the site, on a line owned by CSX.
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