Blue-granite foundations and old waterworks survive along the Saluda River from one of the South's early textile mills, begun in 1834. The site later became Camp Sorghum, where roughly 1,300 Union prisoners were held during the Civil War; the factory was burned in 1865, rebuilt, and destroyed by another fire in 1884. The ruins are visible along the River Trail at Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden, so access follows the surrounding attraction and trail rules.
Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.
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Source: scpictureproject.org/lexington-county/old-saluda-factory.html