The water-powered mills of Floyd County, Virginia
Subtitle: illustrated histories, 1770-2010
By: Franklin F. Webb and Ricky L. Cox
Contributors: Cox, Ricky L.
Series: Contributions to Southern Appalachian studies -- 30
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786437238
Subjects: Historic sites; Local History; Antiquities; Water mills; Historic buildings; Mills and mill-work; Pictorial works; History
Description: "Topics covered include the difficulties involved in identifying early mills, the importance of mill site selection, water wheel types, laws regulating mills, the decline of milling and physical remains at abandoned mill sites. It also provides individual histories of 140 grist, flour, and feed mills, a few of which also processed wool; based primarily on oral histories, records, newspapers"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.