West Point on the Eno, West Point Mill

HISTORY OF WEST POIN'I MILL West Point Mill was one ol the longest running afS2 mills in the hno River Valley. All of West ’ Point's early millers were prominent and influential men. the industrialists ot the country¬ side in their time. In later years, the millers at West Point were hired workers struggling to keep the business going. 1ЪП1'И ' Cu"') Coon u> IbDiboroufl Ifto mihia Лю1о - -и Ы и.) l/nlm ш Hit Ь» mity. "" *®?а**в ■ o. s,« 1Ш w«,. a, kooo, «,» „ lhc &п„, "* ™. 10»4b Си®» „(Г™, . — 1U‘ ur« IH! tottU^ibQmam - г ^,h IW‘ KfeUaM.^, I«7S built the McCowo-Muifun я in the mill full I | Я.Ч I li-bn Г «he McCown die* in the MeCown home I &Ч* WJ Отпил Durham major and last owrfopentor of the mill I S^J l Minyum - Durham foumader. bought the NkCown land 1909 Southern Pure Fooda.Gb 1914 ftopfew 193$ Southern Realty aivl Agntj 1942 Mill ceased operation when the dam w a^hed nuL tlojd Dpoq bti miller at Weal fVwnt 1 9Л7 City of Durham started к» «king at L I '*8 I c> Mmgiim lad of the Mar heir* %ле for a *■) acre pat lie*. Errin Induunc* purchase* land from Manguro 1970 City. Fjm> River A*ac -1971 Walls cm in hunt fra inrt, and other group* join tog md stones stolen Гпяп milt. ymj to prrvr.c tKc land. ) 1973 City of Durham obtains land from Enin Industrie* Mill building <oUap*ed from nrgkxt i 915 Fncnd. of Wcm Poini Ofpmiicd lo *1 k, an «buoy croup lo ih. , fm it* do ,l„m opcfaliofl ol Well Пчт. ^ ’ «что* ИМ 1 976 Groundtrfckking (or пел m,||. 1 978 Mill opened tu the public "* л radml («offem in ihr null dn.c (учет а, ко™, • I9MI MLAItvr MiipIivI p'c. Wtu Pi, ,oi i mMw miU too to the drive system 1985 KnufkxQg^,] таметЬЬп, ol bum frame cxmplctod 1992 New lifter built and installed. I99J W.le,^,«»mtd,lldelil[ltdllldrtrlicwl J*’’ MiBok Axtiy «Пит», -ftp- .тал,,. „j Kcn, ГЛеату s arc down for repair