A miller from Kynouria leases the mill

1865 Probable

In 1865 the heirs of the Nafplio buyers leased Barber Ali's mill to Georgios V. Vasilopoulos from Mesorrachi in Kynouria. His family would keep the mill for almost a century.

Where

The water mills, Kroi spring

Who

Georgios V. Vasilopoulos

Threads

Industry and trade, Water and mills

Certainty

Probable likely, but not fully proven

Sources

• A. P. Τσακόπουλος, «Ιστορικαί Σημειώσεις – Το πρώτον παγοποιείον Μύλων–Λέρνης», Άσπις του Άργους, 20 October 1957, p. 4, Digital Library of the Hellenic Parliament

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2. 1857

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3. March 1858

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