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Nuclear Decommissioning - Riverton Mill (1928 words) |
 | After the mill was shut down in June 1963, SWI shipped uranium ore from company mines and ore purchased from independent miners to the Federal-American Partners' uranium mill in the Gas Hills district. |
| Riverton mill was built with both an acid-leach and a carbonate-leach circuit to provide the capability of processing ore from widely differing geological environments and the large number of shippers. |
| The mill was dismantled soon thereafter, and most of the mill equipment and part of the main mill building and several other structures were removed from the site. |
| West Point on the Eno - Durham City Park (962 words) |
| This river valley was also attractive to the first white settlers, primarily farmers and millers, who arrived in the 1750's to earn their livelihood. |
| The mill ceased operations in 1942 when a freshet broke the dam across the river, and the building colapsed from old age and neglect in 1973. |
| Through the use of photographs of the original mill, remains of the fram ing, and the intactfoundation, the mill was reconstructed with materials gleaned from other local grist mills. |
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