It is located next to the Augusta Canal, with an entrance on Reynolds Street.
Between 1872 and 1875, the Augusta Canal was enlarged and several industrialists came to the area to build facilities around the canal.
Like all the great mills of Augusta, it is built on the Augusta Canal.
The 1848 construction of the Augusta Canal channeled produce from upriver away from Hamburg.
The bridge spans the Augusta Canal at 15th Street in the downtown area.
It would be one of many factories that would be built along the Augusta Canal.
Flickers of interest in reviving the Augusta Canal began appearing in the 1970s.
Also in 1845, he surveyed and designed the Augusta Canal for lawyer Henry Cumming which was completed two years later.
The Augusta Canal was greatly enlarged in 1875 in order to promote industrial development (Cashin, 136-144).
Bigelow also worked as a consultant on the Augusta Canal.