The great falls mill ruin, on April 10th 1869, the great falls mill was located in Rockingham, along the railroads lines from Wilmington. The mill had been burned by Union general William Sherman 's troops in March 1865 near the end of the Civil War. The mill engaged in the manufacturing process, carding and spinning to dyeing and weaving. When it closed in 1930, the building included a five floors, a dye house, 6 warehouses, 2 office buildings, 42 spinning frames, and 205 looms. The mill burned in 1972, but much of the ruins