Gallego Flour Mills Explained

The Gallego Flour Mills was a flour mill located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Founded by Joseph Gallego in the 1790s,^{[1] [2]} the mill gained international reputation for the superior type of flour that was shipped from there to Europe and South America.^[3] Further, the mills became iconic image of the defeated south after Matthew Brady shot a photo of the Mills after much of the city burned in 1865.^[4]

At the time of their destruction, they were the largest of their kind in the world.^{[5] [6]}

External links

• Loc.gov, Additional pictures of the mill

37.5333°N -77.435°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Richmond: The Story of a City - Virginius Dabney . 5 October 2012. 9780813934303 . 2015-06-05. Dabney . Virginius .
2. Web site: American Miller and Processor . 1922 . 2015-06-05.
3. Web site: UR Scholarship Repository : History of Richmond as a port city . Schlorship.richmond.edu . 2015-06-05.
4. "The charred remains of the Gallego Mills became an iconic image of the fall of the Confederacy and the utter devastation of the Civil War"
5. Web site: Alexander Gardner: [Ruins of the Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond, Virginia] (33.65.11,33.65.226) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |publisher=Metmuseum.org |date=2014-06-02 |accessdate=2015-06-05].
6. Web site: Ruins of Gallego Flour Mills . Mdgorman.com . 2004-03-26 . 2015-06-05.