City - Alexandria VA - A view from Pioneer Mill 1865 Framed Print

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Colorized photo from 1865, May
Original Title: View from Pioneer Mill
Original Photographer: Andrew Russell
Location: Duke and Strand St., Alexandria, VA

We are standing on to of the Pioneer Mill. It was built in 1854, when running it was the largest steam flour mill in the country. It stood 6 stories high, and produced 800 barrels of flour a day. Using 4000 bushels of wheat each day, they ran out of the material quickly. The surrounding area could not produce what this plant needed. Despite being next to a marina and a train service, they could never bring in enough, as a result, they failed and were in a lot of debt.

The ended up selling their mill wheels, and using the building as a storage facility during the war. Warships docked there as well. The building changed hands a number of times over the years. In 1896, a cyclone damaged it, and in 1897, it burned to the ground. It stood empty till 1910, till the Emerson Engine Company built a machine shop t...

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