Weehaw Rice Mill Chimney

Weehaw Rice Mill Chimney is a historic rice mill chimney located near Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina. This rice mill chimney is significant as one of seven known extant rice mill chimneys in Georgetown County. It is associated with Weehaw, on the Black River, which was one of the earliest successful rice plantations in the area. The chimney is approximately 35 feet high.[2][3]

Weehaw Rice Mill Chimney
LocationOff County Road 325, near Georgetown, South Carolina
Coordinates33°24′18″N 79°16′4″W
Arealess than one acre
MPSGeorgetown County Rice Culture MPS
NRHP reference No.88000534[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). "Weehaw Rice Mill Chimney" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. "Weehaw Rice Mill Chimney, Georgetown County (off S.C. Sec. Rd. 325, Georgetown vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 7 July 2012.


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