Clay County Through the Years: Feeder Dam - Part II

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Eel River is relatively flat in its course through Clay County, falling an average of only 17 inches per mile, making it ideal for transportation but not so good for mill building. Even so, some mills were constructed and built in the Feeder Dam area. Sometime around 1843 or 1844, a large flouring mill was built below the dam. This mill was reported to have been successful. The mill stood a few years but was washed away in the great flood of 1847.

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