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Old mills; new life
Richland Mill. 📍211-221 S. Main St. Then: Built in 1895, Richland Mill (later referred to as Whaley's Mill) was the first of W.B. Smith Whaley & Company's mill buildings in Columbia. At 4-stories tall (with a 7-story staircase), and taking up ~4 acres, it stood as a focal point of the city's bustling cotton textile industry.An engine room, boiler room + a machine shop were …