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Cries of ghost entwined with fate of mill / Dingler, Nancy [467] [RETROSPECT-2001-467]
The remains of Dingley's flour grist mill stands forlornly vacant, almost hidden from view by the century and a half of wild overgrowth. Trees are attempting to obliterate the abandoned stone building with their entwining branches, one firmly planted in the second-floor stones. The vacant windows stare out at a world that has passed the grand old mill by.
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Solano treasure from 1850s: Dingley's flour mill / Dingler, Nancy [466] [RETROSPECT-2001-466]
Hidden in the depths of the picturesque hills of Green Valley, lies a true historical treasure. During the early pioneer years in Solano County, George Dingley constructed two water-wheel-driven flour mills. A site has been located where the very first water-powered flour mill in Solano County stood.
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Of ships passing in the night toward their fate / Bowen, Jerry [605] [WAYITWAS-2005-605]
Every once and a while you come across stories with a series of coincidences that it is almost bizarre. This is such a story - about two oil tankers that were built at the Union Iron Works in San Francisco.
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3343 3343

Dixon Flour and Feed Mill
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2333 2333
1877

Starr Flour Mills
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2328 2328
1869

Sperry Flour Mills
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WY0088 WY0088

Dingley Mill - Built in 1859 by George Dingley in Green Valley. An overshot water wheel mill which burned in 1867. The 3rd story and; roof were removed after the fire. Later used as storage shed. [...]

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"Starr Flouring Mills" Starr and Co., South Vallejo, CA 1878
1878

Historical atlas map of Solano County, California. Compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys by Thompson and West. San Francisco, Cala. 1878. Thos. Hunter, Pr. [...]

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Bridges built over troubling waters in town / Delaplane, Kristin [369] [ECHOS-1998-369]
Dingley's Mill in Green Valley changed hands and the new owners had plans to enlarge the establishment and employ steam as the power source. George Dingley was forced to abandon his mill through a foreclosure eviction notice. When he originally purchased the land, the seller failed to disclose the mortgage liability.
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Solano Historian May 1987 Solano Historian May 1987
1987

May 1987 edition of the Solano Historian Magazine. This issue contains the following articles: Green Valley - by an anonymous author who describes his walk through Green Valley in 1879, The Legislature in Vallejo by Lee Fountain, The Incredible Train Ferry Solano by Charlene Erwin, Judge Randall Retires by Matthew Fountain, George Dingley and the Early Mills of Solano by M. Clyde Low, Sperry Flour Mill by Ernest Wichels and Matthew Fountain, and a welcome message by Sue Lemmon, SCHS President..
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