A "factory" on the British chart

1966 Probable

The British Admiralty chart 1518 of 1966 marks a building labelled "Facty" just north-west of the root of the Myloi pier. It is probably the building of the ice factory «Η Λέρνη» on the beach.

Where

Ice factory, The pier and harbour

Threads

Industry and trade, Harbour and pier

Certainty

Probable likely, but not fully proven

Sources

• British Admiralty chart 1518 (1966)

Also in this period

1. 7 October 1950

   First stone of the ice factory «Η Λέρνη»

   Early in 1950 Anastasios Vasileiou bought the ruins of the old state warehouses on the beach of Myloi and levelled the ground. On 7 October 1950, after a blessing, he laid the first stone of the ice and cold-storage…

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2. December 1955

   A model cheese dairy in Myloi

   The Argos paper Aspis praises "the energetic businessman in Myloi, Mr Chr. Koutouzos", who has founded a model cheese dairy, "an ornament of Myloi" and the only cheese-making centre of its kind.

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3. 1957

   Barber Ali's mill is still at work

   In 1957 the local historian A. P. Tsakopoulos wrote that of the Turkish watermills only the one of "Barber Ali" by the Kroi spring, north of Myloi, survived and was still working. It still carried the name of its Ottoman…

   ProbableWater and millsIndustry and trade

4. 13 October 1957 – 10 November 1957

   A newspaper series on the first ice factory

   Between 13 October and 10 November 1957 the Argos weekly Άσπις του Άργους printed four instalments of A. P. Tsakopoulos's "Historical notes: the first ice factory of Myloi–Lerna". Written partly from memory, it is the…

   ProvenIndustry and tradeVillage life