CHAPTER VIII. 



UTILIZED WATER POWERS OF ALABAMA. 



The following is a list by counties of the water powers that 

 are utilized. The most of these powers are small, but they 

 make a large aggregate, and they represent only an insignifi- 

 cant part of the power that is capable of development. 



*AUTAUGA COUNTY. 



NAME. POSTOFFICE. INDUSTRY. H. P. 



f Charity P. Carter, Billingsley, flour and grist mill 15 



Montgomery's Mill, Prattville, flour and grist mill: 30 



Public Grist Mill, Billingsley, flour and grist mill 9 



Parker's Mill, Milton, flour and grist mill 20 



Dawson's Mill, Netezen, lumber and timber mill 20 



Ellis Mill, Jones Switch, lumber and timber mill 4 



Long Leaf Yellow Pine Saw Mill, Autaugaville, lumber and 



timber mill 15 



Ray's Saw Mill, Jones Switch, lumber and timber mill 10 



Swift Creek Mill ^o. (Swift Creek), Autaugaville, lumber and 



timber mill 70 



John H. Herod, Netezen, lumber and timber mill 6 



Prattville Cotton M. & Banking Co. (Autauga Creek), Pratt- 

 ville, cotton goods. The dam at Prattville is shown in 



Plate D opposite , 200 



f Continental Gin Co., (Autauga Creek), Prattville, cotton gin 

 , j Prattville Ice Factory (Autauga Creek), Prattville, ice factory 



I Doster Ginnery (Autauga Creek), Prattville, cotton gin 



( G. H. Roy, Vine Hill, cotton gin 



WATER POWER AT PRATTVILLE. 



The water power at Prattville was first developed about 

 1830, when it was used by a man named May to operate a small 

 saw mill. About 1833 this water power and the adjacent lands 

 were purchased by Mr. Daniel Pratt, who then erected a cotton 

 gin factory, which was driven by the water power. The dam 

 at that time was about eight feet high. A number of years 

 after the purchase of this property by Mr. Pratt he increased 

 the dam so that it now has a height of 16 feet, and is built of 

 brick. At present it is used jointly by the Prattville Cotton 

 Mills & Banking Company and the Continental Gin Company, 

 th former using about 255 horse-power and the latter about 

 100 horse-power. About half a mile below the dam above re- 

 ferred to is another dam affording about 8 feet head, and 

 owned by the M. E. Pratt estate. This power operates a grist 



*From U. S. Census, 1900. 

 fFrom report of Probate Judge. 



