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At its peak, Milstead and Conyers had a private railroad that delivered products, such as cotton, from the mill to Conyers for shipping to the textile mills. In the 1960s, the mill closed. In 1944, a Trappist monastery (a Catholic order ), Abbey of the Holy Spirit , was established south of the city by Dom Frederic Dunne.
Dial Mill (added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1978 - - #78001005) Dial Mill is a historic gristmill and flour mill outside of Conyers, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 6, 1977. [1] The mill is a three-story frame building but as tall as a modern five-story building.
July 5, 1990 (NW of the central business district, roughly along Main St., Milstead Ave., and Railroad St. Conyers: 4: Dial Mill: Dial Mill: April 6, 1978
Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia: Milledgeville Turnpike or Railroad Company: CG: 1840 1847 Milledgeville and Gordon Railroad: Millen and Southern Railway: G&F: 1890 1897 Millen and Southwestern Railroad: Millen and Southwestern Railroad: G&F: 1897 1907 Georgia and Florida Railway: Milltown Air Line Railway: 1903 1928 Lakeland ...
Almand-O'Kelley-Walker House - also on the National Register of Historical Places within Conyers Residential Historic District. The Conyers Residential Historic District is an irregularly-shaped historic district in Conyers, Georgia , the only city in Rockdale County, Georgia , located 24 miles east of Atlanta.
The ruins of Akers Mill. Akers Mill was located on Rottenwood Creek near Vinings.Located within the modern Cumberland/Galleria area, Akers Mill Road runs west from Powers Ferry Road at Interstate 285, immediately north of the Chattahoochee River, then turns south on Cumberland Boulevard, then departs west again after one "block", crossing Interstate 75 and then Cobb Parkway, and forming the ...
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In early 1856, a compromise was reached between the two competing companies and passed by the Georgia General Assembly. They would both build to a certain point in south Georgia, and then a main trunk line was to be built. The company chartered to build that line was incorporated as the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company in February 1856 ...