Enterprise Mill
Enterprise Mill History
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In keeping with Coleman's ideas, the City Council of Augusta created a general fund for the planning and construction of a power canal. Coleman petitioned the City Council to change the route of the proposed canal to supply his land with waterpower, based on his plans for the flour mill. On May 22, 1845, the Canal Commissioners resolved that: "The engineer be instructed to run the line of the canal through Coleman's land as to give him the desired space for his Mill House." On June 14, 1847, Coleman received his water right, and throughout the next year, boatmen barged stone quarried near Stallings Island to the construction site. Coleman began construction of the four-story granite mill and completed it in 1848. He built the mill with two overshot waterwheels that drove burrstones, a sawmill in an adjacent wood frame building, and various other machinery, for a cost of $40,000.
Sophisticated Urban Living in Downtown Augusta
The Enterprise Mill is a multi-faceted restoration & redevelopment project located adjacent to the Augusta Canal near the banks of the Savannah River in Augusta, Georgia. The rich history and atmosphere of the Mill give visitors a window to the past, with an exciting look into the future. The development consists of professional business offices, residential loft apartments, inviting outdoor courtyards, and retail space for a variety of shop & dining facilities. Beautiful commercial office space and interiors make doing business at the mill a unique experience which just can't be duplicated anywhere else in the area. .
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James L. Coleman first developed the Enterprise Mill in 1848 as a flour milling operation. Coleman, an Augusta farmer, had a great interest in industrialization and had plans to build a mill on his plantation as early as 1845.
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