It's difficult to recognize the impact that a largely vacant piece of property has had on the development and growth of a community. This area has numerous large-scale projects planned over the next decade, including the possible installation of a cloverleaf-style access to US-35. Progress destroys the physical history, as it did when the mills and structures of the Harbine Industrial Complex was torn down, but the memory and appreciation for what was remains.
Today when we think of an industrial complex, it's typically a massive operation of concrete, steel and glass. We've worked hard to collect images of the Harbine Industrial Complex to share what life and labor was like in the mid to late seventeenth century in Alpha, and ultimately Beavercreek Ohio.
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