National Historic Landmark - The Speedwell Village Factory

National Historic Landmark - The Speedwell Village Factory

Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872) developed and successfully demonstrated the telegraph in the Vail Factory in 1838.

The Village is the site of a 19th century ironworks complex, including the Vail Homestead, Factory, and ...

Speedwell Methodist Church

(Front text)

This church, founded in 1885, was named Speedwell for a stagecoach stop and the first post office in the vicinity, now Millett. In 1884-85 Ogreta Brabham Dunbar and Savannah Barker Bates raised funds for a new congregation, in ...

Speedwell

Saw Mill

Built by Daniel Randolph, 1770.

Furnace and forge by

Benjamin Randolph, 1773.

Log house standing until 1948,

also a log schoolhouse here.

Marker is at the intersection of Friendship-Speedwell Road and Hawkins-Speedwell Road, on the left when traveling west on Friendship-Speedwell Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Water Power at Speedwell

Powering the Factory

Originally water for the Factory waterwheel was supplied from the Upper Pond, or reservoir, which was located beyond the housing development behind you. When the wheel was installed, the water from the pond was piped under ground to ...