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Sciple's Water Mill in Kemper County, built in 1790 and owned by four families over the next fifty years. The Sciple family bought the property in about 1840 and has kept it running ever since. This mill also ginned cotton and sawed lumber until the 1950s. Missouri
Watermill lists which summarize the rapidly developing state of research are provided by Wikander 1985 and Brun 2006, with additions by Wilson 1995 and 2002. Spain 2008 undertakes a technical analysis of around thirty known ancient mill sites.
Watermill of Braine-le-Château, Belgium (12th century) Interior of the Lyme Regis watermill, UK (14th century). A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower.It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering.
Columbus, Ohio: 1807 Post office Oldest building in Columbus [9] West Union Presbyterian Church: West Union, Ohio: 1810 Church Oldest active church building in Ohio [10] Dunham Tavern: Cleveland, Ohio: 1824 Tavern Oldest building in Cleveland [11] Petersburg Mill: Petersburg, Carroll County, Ohio: 1826 Water mill Built in 1826 to replace an ...
Bear's Mill is a historic gristmill near the city of Greenville in Darke County, Ohio, United States. Built in 1849, [ 1 ] this watermill is the oldest existing industrial building in Darke County. Built by Manning Hart, [ 2 ] a local contractor , [ 3 ] the mill lies along Greenville Creek in southwestern Adams Township , midway between ...
Lester A. Pelton was born in a log-cabin [2] in rural Vermilion Twp., Erie County, Ohio. [3] His grandfather, Captain Josiah Pelton, who lost most of his assets as a sea-captain during the War-of-1812 era, shortly later brought his family to Ohio.
The List of watermills is a link page for any watermill. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2009) Historical mills.
The Boston Mills Historic District is a historic district in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Northeast Ohio in the United States. With the opening of the Ohio and Erie Canal in 1827, people began to settle in this vicinity. By 1842, there was a water-powered mill, a large warehouse, a boat-yard, two stores and a hotel, and the population ...