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The basic anatomy of a millstone. This is a runner stone; a bedstone would not have the "Spanish Cross" into which the supporting millrind fits. Millstones or mill stones are stones used in gristmills, used for triturating, crushing or, more specifically, grinding wheat or other grains. They are sometimes referred to as grindstones or grinding ...
Bramley Fall stone is a notable type of Millstone Grit sourced from around the village of Bramley, near Leeds. [ 7 ] Some of the sandstones serve as aquifers into which numerous wells and boreholes have been sunk to provide local water supplies.
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.
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 ...
The buildings include a small barn, the stone grist mill (destroyed), and three stone or brick vernacular houses. The mill is a three-story, five level stone building with a slate covered gambrel roof. The most prominent structure is an iron pratt truss bridge built in 1867, and known as County Bridge #16. [2] The mill was destroyed by fire. [3]
Beverley Mill, also known as Chapman Mill, is a historic grist mill located north of Interstate 66 and Virginia State Route 55 in Thoroughfare Gap near Broad Run, Virginia, straddling the county line between Prince William and Fauquier Counties. It was built about 1759, and is a five-story, four bay by three bay, rubble stone structure.
Price's Mill, also known as Calliham's (Callaham's) Mill, Stone's Mill, and Park's Mill, is a water-powered gristmill about 2 mi (3 km) east of the town of Parksville on South Carolina Highway 33-138 (Price's Mill Road) at Stevens Creek in McCormick County. [2] [3] Its name in the USGS Geographic Names Information System is Prices Mill. [4]
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; Wayside Inn Grist Mill, Sudbury, built 1929 by Henry Ford; Michigan. Pears Mill ...