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✎ Dingmans Creek boasted a dozen mills at its peak. At Factory Falls Joseph Brooks, a Welshman who had immigrated to Philadelphia, & family ran a bustling woolen mill from 1823 to 1832 - a rarity outside of big cities. The stone woolen mill was 3½ stories high & employed about 80 workers. Unfortunately, his sheep were devoured by wolves or died from eating poisonous laurel. Supplies, operatives, and materials -- such as expensive raw wool -- had to be brought in from Philadelphia, and the finished products shipped down to the city by wagons; a trip which took 10 days. Brooks died in 1832 and the mill was abandoned. All that remains of that factory are these ruins.

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