Belle Isle Rice Mill Chimney

Belle Isle Rice Mill Chimney is a historic rice mill chimney and national historic district located near Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina. The district encompasses one contributing site and four contributing structures. This rice mill chimney is one of seven known extant rice mill chimneys in Georgetown County and is associated with what once was one of several productive rice plantations on Cat Island. It is one of two extant rice mill chimneys in Georgetown County and measures 33 feet, 9 inches, high.[2][3]

Belle Isle Rice Mill Chimney
LocationCat Island, near Georgetown, South Carolina
Coordinates33°12′02″N 79°15′30″W
Area76 acres (31 ha)
MPSGeorgetown County Rice Culture MPS
NRHP reference No.88000525[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 3, 1988

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. J. Tracy Power and Sherry Piland (September 1987). "Belle Isle Rice Mill Chimney" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. "Belle Isle Rice Mill Chimney, Georgetown County (Cat Island, Georgetown vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 7 July 2012.


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