058-5199

Whittle’s Mill Dam

VLR Listing Date

04/17/2019

NRHP Listing Date

NA

NRHP Reference Number

SG100003980

In present-day South Hill, the Whittle’s Mill Dam deflected strong currents from the Meherrin River to propel grain- and sawmills. The mill complex, constructed around 1756, was part of a large homestead owned by Colonel William Davies and Fortescue Whittle, prominent colonial-era men. Portions of this earliest section of the dam are still visible on the river. Owner A. W. Hankley operated Whittle’s Mill Dam between 1915 and 1940. By 1951, the town of South Hill converted the dam to the production of municipal hydroelectric power, adapting historical equipment that engineers modified during the 1960s and up to 1975, when the town built a new enclosure to house the generator. Whittle’s Mill Dam’s successive designs and construction through three distinct eras reveal local engineers’ ingenuity and persistence. The site is now part of South Hill’s Max B. Crowder Memorial Park.
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Last Updated: June 2, 2023

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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark

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