Enterprise Manufacturing Company, 1450 Greene Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Significance: The Granite Mill, built shortly after the completion of the original canal, is the oldest industrial building in Augusta. The later Enterprise Manufacturing Company was the first large-scale mill to use water power from the enlarged Augusta Canal. Its success signaled the emergence of Augusta as a manufacturing center. The mill still operates, showing the adaptability of 19th-century mills to modern machinery, and still (1977) uses canal water to power its hydroelectric plant.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13

Survey number: HAER GA-13

Building/structure dates: 1848 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1877 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1881 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1888 Subsequent Work

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