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Along the canal's banks, mill workers' families built tight communities like Harrisburg, an old trading post turned textile village, where neighbors shared the rhythms of factory whistles and waterpower that drove Augusta's industrial rise.
Neighbors on the Canal is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.4671, -81.9719 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dyess Park (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Trinity CME, Rev. Dr. William Jefferson White, Sr. (1881-1913), and Richmond County Courthouse.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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