The Port Gibson Oil Works Mill Building is a historic
industrial building Industrial architecture is the design and construction of buildings serving industry. Such buildings rose in importance with the Industrial Revolution, starting in Britain, and were some of the pioneering structures of modern architecture.
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for production of
cottonseed oil located in
Port Gibson
Port Gibson is a city in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,567 at the 2010 census. Port Gibson is the county seat of Claiborne County, which is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River. It is the site of th ...
,
Mississippi,
United States. Beginning operations in 1882, it is one of the earliest cottonseed crushing mills in the U.S. The two-story, brick mill building was still in operation as of 1979. Major parts of the interior machinery had been modernized in 1930 and 1955.
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The building was entered on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Claiborne County, Mississippi
References
External links
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*, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation
Industrial buildings completed in 1882
1882 establishments in Mississippi
National Register of Historic Places in Claiborne County, Mississippi
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
Port Gibson, Mississippi
Cotton production
Cottonseed oil
Cotton industry in the United States
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