Mechanics of a Mill

Roswell's mills ran entirely on water power: a dam ponded Vickery Creek, a raceway channeled the flow to a wheel, and that turning motion drove the belts and shafts spinning cotton into cloth, the unseen machinery behind the textile boom.

Mechanics of a Mill is a historical marker in Roswell, Fulton County. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.0134, -84.3567 near Roswell. The nearest cataloged historic site is 1853 Mill and the Textile Industry (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Founders' Cemetery, Roswell's Historic Founders' Cemetery, and Founder Cemetery.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.