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Wye Mill c.1682 The oldest continuously operating grist mill in the United States. Supplied flour to George Washington's Continental Army. One of the first grist mills to be automated by Oliver Evans. The Oliver Evans process equipment is still in use at the Wye Mill. Massachusetts. Dexter Grist Mill, Sandwich, built in 1654, fully restored in 1961
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 ...
The Piedmont Mill Historic District encompasses a historic 19th-century grist mill complex at 1709 Alean Road in rural Franklin County, Virginia.Located between Wirtz and Burnt Chimney on the banks of Maggodee Creek, it includes an 1866 mill building, an earthen raceway and a 20th-century concrete dam, as well as a metal truss bridge.
The Moravian Grist Mill, built from stone in 1770, was the first permanent building in the village. [3] It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1942. [5] The mill complex is now the Inn at Millrace Pond. [6] The Gemeinhaus or Moravian Church is a two and one-half story stone structure built in 1781.
Flowerdew Hundred Mill: Flowerdew Hundred Post: 1978 [13] Robertson Mill Williamsburg: Post: 1621 [14] Standing in 1723. [14] Robertson Mill: Williamsburg Post [13] Buckner's Mill Yorktown: Smock 1711 [15] Destroyed by tornado in late 19th century Akers′ Mill Yorktown: Smock 2011 [16] Reconstruction of William Buckner's Mill near original site
The McCosh Grist Mill is a historic grist mill near Rock Mills in Randolph County, Alabama. The mill was built in the early 1870s, and is the oldest extant stone grist mill in Alabama. It was built by James Eichelburger McCosh, whose grandfather, Jacob Eichelburger, operated earlier mills that were similar to those in his native Pennsylvania.
Rockland Grist Mill - Old Court and Falls Road, Lutherville, Maryland. Rockland Grist Mill dates to at least 1810, and has been used for a variety of purposes, including manufacture of calico, cotton spinning, production of wooden toys and artificial silk, food preservation additives and jewelry cleaning solutions. [3]
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 ...