Schley County GaArchives Photo Place.....Corner Oglethorpe & Broad St., Ellaville 
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Steve & Rebecca Gurr http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 May 3, 2005, 6:50 am

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Bldg to the left is the Giddens Funeral bldg and adjacent 
store.....photographer is facing SE from near Broad and Oglethorpe 
intersection.  The other buildings on Main are yet to be built.  The 
bldgs "behind" the windmill would be the buildings on south side of 
Church Street...between city hall and Broad. 

From "The History of Scchley County" by Mrs. H.J. Williams.......
"Soon after the incorporation of the county site of Schley County, it was 
deemed advisable by the mayor and council to have some sort of fire 
protection.  Accordingly a huge windmill was purchased.  The site for wind 
mill was chosen in the middle of the town square.  Nearby, on a tall post, was 
placed a farm bell to sound the alarm of fire.  Whoever reached the bell 
first, sounded the alarm.  The water had to be carried in buckets from the 
reservoir beneath the windmill to the scene of the conflagration.  There was 
no organized fire department at that time.

In 1910 the city council, realizing the need of better fire protection, 
installed a gasoline engine with which to pump the water.  A larger tank was 
also purchased."

Additional Comments:
Many thanks to Steve and Rebecca Gurr for sharing this photo and Ernie Jones 
for researching it.

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