Section Map of The Presbyterian Cemetery

From Flour to Ashes: The Night America’s Largest Mill Burned

Disaster struck Alexandria’s waterfront when fire began at the nearby Herbert Bryant Fertilizer Company and quickly spread to the massive Pioneer Mills complex. Once the largest steam flour mill in the United States, the enormous facility had towered over Alexandria’s waterfront since 1854, symbolizing the city’s industrial might and its role as a major grain-processing ...

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