Heavy Hitters

ID: 2905 ~ Source: The Waco Tribune-Herald. October 31, 1949. Waco, Texas: Centennial 1849-1949. Accessed July 29, 2022 via Facebook.
This file appears in: Brazos Valley Cotton Oil Mill

The large twin storage tanks at the mill held six millions pounds of cotton seed. Here, one of the tanks is visible along with a small office building.

This file appears in: Brazos Valley Cotton Oil Mill

By Amanda Sawyer
Waco’s rapid development established it as one of the most significant urban centers of the South by the late nineteenth century. Home to one of the longest-spanning suspension bridges in the country,…