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The Georgia Rail Road crossed the Oconee River into Athens in 1883.
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Sanford Drive, Athens 30606
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Threads, cords and ropes producedthe the Athens Manufacturing Company.
Making textiles from raw cotton requires several steps.
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Water provided the power to saw, bore, mill, forge, cast and polish high quality rifles, carbines, and bayonets at the Cook & Brother Armory during the Civil War.
Coming to the sawmill with felled trees, the settlers would leave with sawn timber to build their houses, barns and furniture.
Many different products were manufactured in the Athens mills, but the mills all worked in a similar way.
When using a creek or river to power a mill, water is channeled along a man-made headrace to direct it to the waterwheel.
It is a superstition among University of Georgia students that one should not walk under the archway until one graduates, otherwise one will not graduate in four years.
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