1889 map of Blackinton.

ID: 654 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
This file appears in: Blackinton Mill
1889 map of Blackinton.

The Mill can be seen on this map, marked as number 3.

This file appears in: Blackinton Mill

By Ryan O'Keefe
In March 1822 Sanford Blackinton, Rufus Wells, and Joseph L. White built a small two story factory that stood near the road of the presentday mill.  The mill cost roughly eight hundred dollars and was fitted with second hand machinery from an old…