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Flour mill in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Ruins of the Gallego Flour Mills
Ruins of the Gallego Mills

The Gallego Flour Mills was a flour mill located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Founded by Joseph Gallego in the 1790s, the mill gained international reputation for the superior type of flour that was shipped from there to Europe and South America. Further, the mills became iconic image of the defeated south after Mathew Brady shot a photo of the Mills after much of the city burned in 1865.

At the time of their destruction, they were the largest of their kind in the world.

References

  1. Dabney, Virginius (5 October 2012). Richmond: The Story of a City - Virginius Dabney. ISBN 9780813934303. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  2. "American Miller and Processor". 1922. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  3. "UR Scholarship Repository : History of Richmond as a port city". Schlorship.richmond.edu. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  4. "The charred remains of the Gallego Mills became an iconic image of the fall of the Confederacy and the utter devastation of the Civil War"
  5. "Alexander Gardner: [Ruins of the Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond, Virginia] (33.65.11,33.65.226) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". Metmuseum.org. 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  6. "Ruins of Gallego Flour Mills". Mdgorman.com. 2004-03-26. Retrieved 2015-06-05.

External links

  • Loc.gov, Additional pictures of the mill
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