Weehaw Rice Mill Chimney Explained

Weehaw Rice Mill Chimney
Location:Off County Road 325, near Georgetown, South Carolina
Coordinates:33.405°N -79.2678°W
Added:October 3, 1988
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88000534

Weehaw Rice Mill Chimney is a historic rice mill chimney located near Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina. This rice mill chimney is significant as one of seven known extant rice mill chimneys in Georgetown County. It is associated with Weehaw, on the Black River, which was one of the earliest successful rice plantations in the area. The chimney is approximately 35 feet high.[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: J. Tracy Power and Sherry Piland. Weehaw Rice Mill Chimney . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . September 1987 . 7 July 2012.
  2. Web site: Weehaw Rice Mill Chimney, Georgetown County (off S.C. Sec. Rd. 325, Georgetown vicinity) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 7 July 2012.