Tallassee manufacturing Co. photographs, [190-?].

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Tallassee manufacturing Co. photographs, [190-?].

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These photographic images were made by F. Gutekundst of Philadelphia (Pa.) in the early 1900s. They show the Tallassee Manufacturing Company, No. 1 buildings, Tallapoosa River and surrounding areas in Tallassee. Included are the main plant, former armory building, residence of company president, B. H. Micou, employee housing area and river scenes.

12 photographs (1 oversized box).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6753915

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

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Tallassee Manufacturing Co.

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Tallassee Manufacturing Company was incorporated as the Tallassee Falls Manufacturing Company in 1852. It was one of the earliest cotton manufacturing plants in the state of Alabama. Built in the small town of Tallassee (Ala.), it was powered by water from the falls of the Tallapoosa River. During the Civil War, the Tallassee carbine was manufactured in one of the converted factory buildings and was the only Confederate armory in the South not destroyed by Union forces. From the desc...

Micou, B. H.

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