Thanks! It was my first trip down there. They do a great job of explaining the entire mill operation. Hopefully, someday, they get the canal boat back up and running.
It's rare you get to see everything, from power supply to bagging, all in one place, and all working, especially with a team on site who explain everything so well.
I try to catch all of your videos as soon as you release them, Darren. I really Love the entire backstory and hope you keep producing them. History is a living thing -thank you❕
I'm not understanding how a cotton mill didn't make sense in southern Indiana. England has no native cotton and was said to be the largest exporter of cotton products in the world in the 1800s.
You've got a great point. Part of it, I suspect, is that England already had a good, solid textile industry and nearby markets. The other part, keeping in mind we're looking at mid-1800's, here, is that it may have actually been cheaper and easier to transport cotton from plantations in places like Georgia to England by ship than it was to get it to southern Indiana. There were no railroads to the area yet. The Ohio River is a good distance south of Metamora. The Whitewater Canal was built, then destroyed by floods, rebuilt, and destroyed again before being abandoned. Also, the place was just really, really small. The cotton mill there was about the same size as the current grist mill. Compare that to the huge mills in England at the time. Had they built right next to the Ohio River, it might have worked out, until they lost to larger-scale operations.
@@Industrial_Revolution do you think the founder of that mill was operating more from hopes than reality? A thousand spinning machines is bold. Not a surprise it would be a gristmill within 11 years, and in Indiana, a corn mill makes a whole lot more sense. Good video, as usual
Very cool operation they have going there. The old belt driven systems are so nifty to see in operation.
Yep. You usually can't get down there to see it. Lucky they had the backup for the waterwheel handy.
Thanks, seems to be well explained. Metamora is a good vacation stop.
Thanks! It was my first trip down there. They do a great job of explaining the entire mill operation. Hopefully, someday, they get the canal boat back up and running.
Thanks for sharing! Whitewater Canal State Historic Site is awesome and we're glad you enjoyed it.
It's rare you get to see everything, from power supply to bagging, all in one place, and all working, especially with a team on site who explain everything so well.
I try to catch all of your videos as soon as you release them, Darren. I really Love the entire backstory and hope you keep producing them. History is a living thing -thank you❕
Hey, thanks. Comments like this really keep me motivated.
Really interesting and explained well. Keep 'em coming.
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I'm not understanding how a cotton mill didn't make sense in southern Indiana. England has no native cotton and was said to be the largest exporter of cotton products in the world in the 1800s.
You've got a great point. Part of it, I suspect, is that England already had a good, solid textile industry and nearby markets. The other part, keeping in mind we're looking at mid-1800's, here, is that it may have actually been cheaper and easier to transport cotton from plantations in places like Georgia to England by ship than it was to get it to southern Indiana. There were no railroads to the area yet. The Ohio River is a good distance south of Metamora. The Whitewater Canal was built, then destroyed by floods, rebuilt, and destroyed again before being abandoned. Also, the place was just really, really small. The cotton mill there was about the same size as the current grist mill. Compare that to the huge mills in England at the time. Had they built right next to the Ohio River, it might have worked out, until they lost to larger-scale operations.
@@Industrial_Revolution do you think the founder of that mill was operating more from hopes than reality? A thousand spinning machines is bold. Not a surprise it would be a gristmill within 11 years, and in Indiana, a corn mill makes a whole lot more sense.
Good video, as usual
It's definitely possible. In addition to problems with transportation, internet research was a bit more crude back then, too.