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Banning Mills
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Banning Mills

 

 

 

 

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Text Box: In 192l the mills acquired a new owner and new name, Banning Cotton Mill. During World War II the mill closed and when it reopened, it employed less than 75 workers. In an effort to revive the factory in the 1950's, the mill began manufacturing yarn for the carpet industry in Dalton. Without the capital to make major technological improvements the mill closed in 1971.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Then in 1880 he sold the mill to Arthur Hutchinson and it became known as Hutchinson Manufacturing. During this time the mill was able to produce fine quality sheeting and shirting fabric. Hutchinson also expanded the mills to include a rubber plant and a paper mill, which made the first known paper from the pine tree pulp. Hutcheson's greatest achievement, however, was bringing electricity to the mill in the late 1880s.Banning became one of the first factories in Georgia to operate with electric power. With about 240 workers living in the surrounding area, the post office was renamed Banning to lessen its confusion with other similarly named area communities. Text Box: Banning Mill in southeastern Carroll County is located along the beautiful and historic banks of  Snake Creek which flows into the Chattahoochee River.  Banning was a community of mills that began operation in the 1840's, consisting of cotton mills, pulp and paper mill, a rubber plant, and a saw mill and a grist mill. When the cotton mill closed in 1971, it had been in existence longer than any other regional mill.  Four Bowen brothers were the first to construct and operated the cotton mill here; and the area around this mill became known as Bowenville. After the mill burned it was sold to William Amis in 1851, however the Civil War began before he was able to make the mill operational. With the mill having survived the War, Amis reopened it under the name Carroll Mill.

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Text Box: Today the heritage of the mill is remembered with affection and many are proud to be associated with the heritage of this historic mill. The Banning Mill area along Snake Creek is now divided between two owners. The old Banning Cotton Mill is owned by businesswoman Patricia Brown who along with her partners hope to restore the mill into a conference center. The ruins of the other milling operation on the upper end of Snake Creek have become the Lodges at Historic Banning. In 2006 the reception and dinning building burned, and is being rebuilt to more closely resemble the mills' historic past.