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Allied Mills flour mill on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in North West England, 2010. A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it.
In 1791, Washington automated his mill using technology developed and patented by Oliver Evans of Delaware. [3] [4] Evans was personally acquainted with the mill and had repaired some of its works. [5] Once the gristmill was well established, Washington's farm manager, James Anderson, suggested building a whiskey distillery adjacent to the mill ...
The contributing structure consists of the mill pond, dam, head race, and tail race. The Jervis Gordon Grist Mill consists of the original two-story structure that was built in 1882, with a shed addition that was erected in 1904, a rear enclosure covering the water wheel, and a machine shop addition that dates roughly to 1908. The mill includes ...
Dexter Grist Mill, Sandwich, built in 1654, fully restored in 1961; Jenney Grist Mill, Plymouth, built in 1969 on site of 1636 grist mill; Old Schwamb Mill, Arlington, built in 1861 with operations on the site dating to 1684; Old Stockbridge Grist Mill, Scituate, built ca. 1650; Sturbridge Village grist mill, Sturbridge, built 1939
Grist mill, unidentified, circa 1880s ( ) Creator. Published by Rees Stereograph Collection, Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Georgia ...
Each of these buildings played a specific role in the daily routine of the Cyrus McCormick farm. The grist mill, built prior to 1800, was used to grind wheat for flour. The blacksmith shop was used to build and repair all the farm implements needed by the McCormick family and was where Cyrus McCormick engineered his reaper.
The Wye Mill is the oldest continuously operated grist mill in the United States, located at Wye Mills, Queen Anne's County and Talbot County, Maryland, United States. It is the earliest industrial site on the Eastern Shore in continuous use; dating to the late 17th century. It is a wood-frame, water-powered grist mill, with a 19th-century 26 ...
Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House, also known as Treman House and Mill, is a historic grist mill and former millowner's residence located at Robert H. Treman State Park near Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York. The mill is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story frame structure over a stone foundation. It is a turbine-powered mill constructed in 1839.