— Reedy River Historic Park —
Greenville's first post-bellum textile mill was founded by Massachusetts mill owners George Hall, George Putnam, and O.H. Sampson, who came south to start a textile business after a disasterous fire in Boston. In cooperation with Vardry McBee's heirs, Alexander and Vardry A. McBee, Hall and Simpson opened the water-powered Camperdown Mill (named for the Camperdown elms on the property) in 1876. The mill produced yarn and gingham fabric until 1956, when the Citizens and Southern National Bank built a regional headquarters on the site. It is now the site of Bowater, Inc's American headquarters. Stone retaining walls of the old mill and the anchor points of its dam are still visible above the falls.| HM Number | HM51J |
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| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, September 13th, 2014 at 11:07am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 371955 N 3856731 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 34.84485000, -82.40051667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 34° 50.691', W 82° 24.031' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 34° 50' 41.46" N, 82° 24' 1.86" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 803, 864 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 201-281 Liberty Bridge, Greenville SC 29601, US |
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I do historical research for Greenville County. Recently acting as Historical Director on a documentary about the Textile Industry in Greenville. I'm not sure where the information came from about the Camperdown Elm, but this is false. Camperdown Elms that Originated at the Camperdown House in Dundee Scotland, has been purposely planted at various places throughout the United States. But never just covered hillsides anywhere to my knowledge. Also, to my knowledge, not one tree was ever planted in Greenville, SC. From my understanding, the mill was named after the largest jute mill in Dundee, Scotland. Also the Camperdown Mill.