Historic Mill Town Ghost Sites

America’s mill towns were the backbone of the industrial revolution. Textile mills, grain mills, lumber mills, and iron works built communities along rivers and streams from New England to the Mid-Atlantic and the South. When the mills closed – victims of technological change, competition, or resource exhaustion – the towns they supported often faded with them. Historic mill town ghost sites are found throughout the eastern half of the country, their ruins still visible along the waterways that once powered them.

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Jason Smith’s New England and Mid-Atlantic ghost town volumes cover many of the region’s most significant former mill communities.

Ghost Towns of New England on Amazon

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