Sep 2007

Schuyler - old tanks

Processing soapstone required a lot of water, which was used in both the cutting and polishing of stone.

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Abandoned water tanks high on the ridge above the Virginia Alberene soapstone mill in Schuyler have become perforated crusts of rust.

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Nelson County - Woodson Mill

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Woodson Mill in Lowesville was built in 1794.