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Great Western Flouring Mills

Great Western Flouring Mills
Great Western Flouring Mills

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400 Fulton Ave
Evansville, IN

Quick Timeline

Union Mills
1870 Renamed Great Western Mills
c1876 Moves to new location
c1890 Torn down for Fulton Ave Brewery

Location

Northwest corner of Fulton and 4th St (Penn)
District: Lamasco
Latitude: 37.978136
Longitude: -87.581689
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Comments

great western flour mills lookis like building in 1856 map union mills 1858 reitz c & bros 1860-1 cd sw corner canal & fulton reitz c & bros flour mill 1863 cd 1865 aka union flour mills 1866-7 ne corner (typo) 1868-9 1870 becomes great western mills same building? henry vahlberg/vahlburg, prop. 1870-1876 (cannot find in 1868-9 cd) 400 fulton ave fulton and 4th (penn) henry vahlberg flour mill [ - 1876]

in c1877 built a larger mill and grain elevator at new location at ohio and 9th ave, (melrose)

brewery there in 1883 same building or newer? 1888 - sterling?? same site as Fulton Ave Brewery long building fronting penn probably original bldg romanesque building new brewery c1890


See also

HistoricEvansville.com: Businesses / Commercial
HistoricEvansville.com: Lamasco district

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