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Mill Enthusiasts
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Reconstruction of an 18th Century Mill
H. Dabbs Woodfin, PH.D.
During 1992, the trustees and staff of the Foundation undertook reconstruction
of the Grist Mill - "reconstruction" in a double sense. The task
was to dismantle the old inner structure for purposes of rebuilding it, and
to gain some knowledge of the original building so that a model maker could
reproduce the mill to scale.
-excerpted from The Bulletin of the Delaware County Historical Society,
Volume 44, Number 2, May 1993
Click here for the entire article. Learn what was revealed about Newlin Grist Mill during the process.
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Useful Links
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SPOOM
http://www.spoom.org/The Society for the Preservation of Old Mills is an international organization which is dedicated by its constitution to:
"promote interest in old mills and other Americana now quickly passing from the present scene. It reports to its members through a quarterly magazine...keeps files and maintains a library on mills...and acts as a clearing house on milling information among all those interested."
THE INTERNATIONAL MOLINOLOGICAL SOCIETY
http://tims.geo.tudelft.nl/The International Molinological Society (TIMS) is the Society which fosters worldwide interest and understanding of wind, water and animal-driven mills.
A Glossary of Water Wheel Terms
http://www.angelfire.com/journal/millbuilder/terms.htmlWater Wheel Engineering
http://www.rosneath.com.au/ipc6/ch08/shannon/Check out some of the technical consideration of building a mill.
Design Decisions
Which water wheel technology best suits your situation? The answer to this question rests mainly in three parts, assuming money is no object:
- How much 'head' of water is available and what is it's flow rate?
- What civil engineering works are needed to make it useful?
- What is the level of available technology?
Bahr's Mill
http://www.user1.netcarrier.com/~lwreber/Bahr's Mill is a stone mill building built in 1897 to house Jacob Bahr's (pronounced Bear) woodworking and grist mill business. It is part of a farm complex in the village of Gabelsville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1 mile north and west of the center of Boyertown.
Brandywine River Museum
http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/Exhibiting American art in a 19th-century grist mill, the Brandywine River Museum is internationally known for its unparalleled collection of works by three generations of Wyeths and its fine collection of American illustration, still life and landscape painting.