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Cottonwood Paper Mill / Digital reconstruction

A glimpse into the past.

Digital reconstruction starts with what remains today. We combine a current photogrammetry scan with historic photographs, drawings, maps, and archival records to build an informed interpretation of what a site may once have looked like. Use the controls below to move between the measured present-day scan and the reconstruction in the same viewer.

Then + now / Interactive comparison

The current scan.

Present-day photogrammetry documenting the surviving Cottonwood Paper Mill structure.

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Historical context

One place. Multiple chapters.

The current scan is the measured record. The reconstruction is a separately labeled interpretation informed by historical source material. Keeping both views together makes it easier to understand what survives, what has changed, and what the site may have looked like in an earlier period.

Historical photograph of the Cottonwood Paper Mill