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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 ...
The LIRR expansion caused the gristmill to be destroyed in 1861, the last vestiges of the mill are the stones Jorrisen installed in 1657. These millstones are linked to the Grist Mill in the first European community in Queens, located in what was and still is known as Dutch Kills. The Payntar Millstones are significant beyond making flour for ...
Allied Mills flour mill on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in North West England. 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.
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
A staircase in the western half of the structure runs from the first floor to attic. The mill's two grinding stones are powered by a pitch-back water wheel. The mill machinery is enclosed in a hurst frame, [10] built from heavy oak and pine beams. Its frame is built directly on the mill's foundation, and is not connected to the walls.
Mo (Chinese: 磨; pinyin: mò; lit. 'mill') [1] [2] were stone implements used for grinding wheat in ancient China. [1] [2] It was a rotary quern millstone powered by a hand-operated crank fixed at the top to grind and pulverize grains, wheat, and rice into flour.
Debris Catch site for Mill Creek built in 1984. The Heber C. Kimball Gristmill monument is located in Bountiful just south of Bountiful High School.It consists of a 1:3 scale replica burr mill built in 1937 and two original burr-type grist stones found in 1984 during city excavation for a debris catch at the end of Mill Creek.
The Logan Mills Gristmill is a historic grist mill located at Logan Township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania. It was built in about 1840, and is a 3 1/2-story, coursed stone building with a tin-covered gable roof. It is three bays by four bays. It includes most of its original machinery. It was powered by water diverted from Fishing Creek. [2]