The Thicket Sugar Mill-Rum Distillery Ruins
On the banks of Carnochan Creek, a short distance East of here, are the ruins of a famous Sugar Mill and Rum Distillery operated early in the 19th century.
These buildings, constructed of tabby by William Carnochan on his huge sugar plantation at ´The Thicket,´ followed closely plans laid out by Thomas Spalding of Sapelo. The sugar works and rum distillery were operated successfully on a commercial scale until 1824, when a hurricane tore off the roof and upper story of the mill and cane barn, and destroyed other buildings.
GHM 095-27 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1957
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Mike Stroud.