Fairfield Rice Mill Chimney
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| location = Off U.S. Route 17, near Georgetown, South Carolina
| coordinates = {{coord|33|23|33|N|79|13|11|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = South Carolina#USA
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| added = October 3, 1988
| area = less than one acre
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Fairfield Rice Mill Chimney is a historic rice mill chimney located near Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina. It is one of seven known extant rice mill chimneys in Georgetown County. It was associated with Fairfield, one of several productive plantations on the Waccamaw River.
Overview
The chimney is octagonal shaped and approximately 35 feet high. In the 1930s the Fairfield rice mill, with its steam engine, boiler, and other machinery, was taken to Dearborn, Michigan, reassembled, refurbished, and put back into operation as a museum exhibit in Henry Ford’s Greenfield Village.{{Cite web |author = J. Tracy Power and Sherry Piland |title = Fairfield Rice Mill Chimney |work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory |date =September 1987 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/georgetown/S10817722022/S10817722022.pdf |accessdate = 7 July 2012}}{{Cite web |title=Fairfield Rice Mill Chimney, Georgetown County (off U.S. Hwy. 17, Waccamaw Neck) |work=National Register Properties in South Carolina |publisher = South Carolina Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/georgetown/S10817722022/index.htm | accessdate = 7 July 2012}}
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.airductandbeyond.com/ Chimney Cleaning]
- [https://www.dakdek-gigant.nl/ Chimney Renovation]
{{National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina}}
Category:Chimneys in the United States
Category:Buildings and structures in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Georgetown County, South Carolina
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