Bibb Mill
Bibb Mill was one of the earliest manufacturing plants in Columbus and was powered by the dam operated by the Columbus Power Company.  This mill was destroyed by a spectacular fire in late October, 2008.

Georgia Home Building
This building was owned by the Georgia Home Insurance Company, but was also known locally as the "Iron Bank", since it was constructed of pre-fabricated iron.  It housed the First National Bank.  This postcard was postmarked in 1908.   This building appeared on a .50 paper currency bill issued by the Bank of Columbus in 1862.

Clapp Factory
This card was postmarked in 1908.   It shows the Clapp Factory in the north Highlands area of Columbus.  This factory was locally known as the "Old Mill" and got its power from a water wheel on the Chattahoochee.  The factory was built in 1837 and rebuilt in 1866, it closed in 1885 and was destroyed by fire in 1910.

Columbus Iron Works
This postcard was postmarked in 1910 and it also showed two of Columbus'  riverboats than moved goods up and down the Chattahoochee in the 19th and early 20th centuries.  This building is now the Columbus Iron Works and Convention and Trade Center.  This postcard shows the riverboats "Queen City" and the "W.C. Bradley". 

Factory worker's children bringing lunch to their parents
This rare card shows children bringing lunch to their parents in the mills, a common occurrence.  The card had the caption on the front, "Lunch time at the factory, Columbus, GA".

Ledger-Enquirer Building
Built in 1931, it still houses the offices of the local Columbus newspaper.

Eagle & Phenix Mills
Once noted as the largest cotton mill in the south, it also shows the 14th St. bridge over the Chattahoochee river. 

Eagle & Phenix Mills
This 1907 postcard shows mill # 3.

Eagle & Phenix Mills

Eagle & Phenix Mills and dam on the Chattahoochee.

Perkins Hosiery Mills
This mill was built before 1905.

City Market, Columbus, GA

Bibb Cotton Mills
This postcard dated 1924, shows the expanded Bibb Cotton Mills and at the far left is the original tower of the Bibb Mills, built in the 19th century.

Bibb Mill and the Columbus Power Plant

Columbus Investment Company building
This 19th century building was on 12th Street and later became known as the Murrah/Empire building.

Joy's Flower Shop

Chero Cola Bottling Plant, Columbus, GA in 1918

Goo-Goo Restaurant, Columbus, GA

Southern Plow Company, Columbus, GA in   1884