The state leases the fishery up to the 'Mill of Barberaga'

13 February 1874 (1 February 1874 old style) Proven

A state tender for the fisheries of the Argolid described the fishery of the river of Argos and the Almyros as running from Litharakia to the Almyros 'at the place of the Mill of Barberaga'. Eels were caught in these waters, and the old Turkish mill near the spring had become a fixed place-name.

Where

The water mills, Kroi spring, Lake and marsh of Lerna

Threads

Water and mills, Industry and trade

Certainty

Proven confirmed by primary sources

Sources

• Ἀλήθεια, 1-2-1874, p. 4, Hellenic Parliament Library, digital newspaper collection

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