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City Flour Mills

Industrial
1880s
c. 1870
Southeast corner of Fifth and Vine Streets, Poplar Bluff
Verbatim Passage from Source
"In the 1870's, soon after the railroad came to Poplar Bluff, J.W. Carmichael and E.N. Lovelace erected a mill on the southeast corner of Fifth and Vine Streets."

— Source: The History of Butler County Industry 1870-1930 (referenced c. 1870)

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What We Know From This Source

A flour mill originally built for grinding corn, later successfully operated by Hugh Smith and Sons.

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