Pictures 5 Prattville Manufacturing Company - Cotton Mill, Prattville Alabama

PRIMARY POWER TRANSMISSION BELT HOLES IN 1st FLOOR MILL NO. 1 CEILING. WATER-POWERED MACHINERY LOCATED IN BASEMENT RAN LEATHER BELTS THROUGH THESE HOLES. POWER WAS THEN TRANSMITTED TO SHAFTS AND PULLEYS TO RUN MACHINERY ON MILL FLOORS (1998)

OVERALL SHOT OF BASEMENT, MILL NO. 1. ORIGINALLY MACHINE SHOP. PALLETS ON FLOOR ADDED IN LATE 20th C. FOR CLOTH STORAGE (1998)

DETAIL OF BASEMENT, MILL NO. 1 POWER ENTRY FILLED IN AREA WHERE WATER-POWERED SHAFTING ENTERS BUILDING. NOTE CONTROL WHEEL ON FLOOR AND BELT HOLES IN CEILING TO FIRST FLOOR (1998)

PUMP/ENGINE ROOM OFF THE BASEMENT OF MILL NO. 1. ENGINE PLATFORM IS SEEN BEHIND PUMP. THIS AMERICAN MOISTURE CO. PUMP WAS USED TO HUMIDIFY UPPER FLOORS OF MILL. NOTE TANK TO LEFT, UNKNOWN USE. NOTHING IN THIS ROOM HAS BEEN USED SINCE 1945 (1998)

WORTHINGTON FIRE PUMP WITH TURBINE HIDDEN BEHIND. PUMP HOUSE IS LOCATED AT HEAD OF OLD TRASH GATES. PUMP ENTERS WATER ON EXTERIOR OF WALL IN FAR SIDE OF PHOTO (1998)
