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Walk Through History . . . Mill Sites and Water Power ...
THE GRIST MILLS. During the 19th and early 20th century, Fredericksburg was home to several large commercial grist mills. ... company cut off the flow of water to the mill in order to increase the amount of water in the main canal for the new electric generating plant. In 1912, the mill building was vacant and by 1919, it disappeared from local ...