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List of watermills in the United States

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Mill Springs Overshot Waterwheel located at Mill Springs Park. The current mill built in 1877 on the site of a previous mill. Currently owned and operated as a park by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The wheel has a diameter of 40 feet, 10 inches, and a breast of three feet. Powered by 13
848:, built in 1908 by Walter Hillary Suber. It was constructed on 100 acres (0.40 km) that was passed down from his father, James Ashfield Suber, who was a Civil War veteran. This was one of five mills within a 10-mile (16 km) radius in the early 1900s. 668:. Fully operational water-powered grist mill. Founded in 1767, moved 500 feet downstream to current location in 1819. According to legend, Revolutionary War British troops seized the original mill prior to the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in March 1781. 455:, 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. 1106: 1567: 327:
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
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Blantons Mill, Blanton Mill Rd. Griffin, Ga, restored as an office on the banks of the Flint River, built around the early 1800s
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Bonneyville Mill, Bristol. Built mid-1830s and still operates May through October (see Elkhart County Parks and Recreation)
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Swift Creek Mill, Chesterfield County Virginia, a circa 1663 grist mill now operated as a professional nonprofit theatre
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natural springs located beside the mill, it is thought to be one of the largest of its kind in the world. -
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Early 1700s Fully operational water-powered saw mill, cider press, blacksmith shop, & woodworking shop
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Kenyon's Grist Mill, West Kingston, current mill building was built in 1886, (operation founded in 1696)
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Thompson's Mills, Shedd, OR, 1858, on the Calapooia River, now an Oregon State Heritage Site,
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a mill complex since the 1700s, the only remaining mill was built in 1838 by William
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Dingley's Mill, Green Valley, Fairfield, CA. 1850, in ruins now. 40 water wheel.
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Matthews Mill, Union, ME. Built circa 1850, now an endangered local landmark
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Bridgeton Mill, Bridgeton. Established 1823, family owned and operating.
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Ward Spoke Mill, in ruins on Upper Pike Creek Road in Newark, Delaware
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Planing Mill of Brigham City Mercantile and Manufacturing Association
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also known as Leonard's Mills, has Maine's only operational saw mill.
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Butte Creek Mill, Eagle Point, OR, 1872, Little Butte Creek
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National Register of Historic Places, Montauk State Park
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Greenfield Mills, near Howe. Family owned and operating.
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Chandlers Mill, 45ft working water wheel & Gristmill
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slated for restoration by U.S. National Forest Service
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Cumberland Gap, The Olde Mill Inn Bed & Breakfast
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is working on reconstructing an up-and-down sawmill.
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Franklin Creek Conservation Association 830:, an operating grist mill where meal and 1411: 1091:, West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania 774:Little Buffalo State Park, Perry County 345:, built in 1654, fully restored in 1961 307:produces wholesale grist mill products. 757:The Mill at Anselma (Lightfoot Mill), 592:Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House 7: 734:Thompson's Mills State Heritage Site 1563:United States history-related lists 1420:"Grist Mill Activities & Tours" 864:Great Smoky Mountains National Park 611:Mills at Green Hole - Mill complex 605:Mills at Green Hole, Philmont NY: 128:Historic mills of the Atlanta area 14: 1143:Hilgen and Wittenberg Woolen Mill 601:Water Mill (Water Mill, New York) 298:Maine Forest & Logging Museum 157:Franklin Creek State Natural Area 888:Rocky Top, Norris Dam State Park 639:Emmett Isaacs Mill, Surry County 1558:Watermills in the United States 525:now known as Sanborn Farm Mills 1241:Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota 1: 934:George Washington's Gristmill 784:Lawrence County, Pennsylvania 1515:https://www.beckmanmill.org/ 1477:"OHS - Places - Indian Mill" 1329:Venango County, Pennsylvania 1097:, Parksville, South Carolina 1077:el Rancho de las Golondrinas 1029:Extant non-operational mills 923:, grist mill located on the 521:Sanborn grist and saw mill, 41:, built 1860 Centre, Alabama 1270:Stanton Township, Minnesota 1262:, ruins preserved in a park 1211:Wapsipinicon Grist Mill in 155:Franklin Creek Grist Mill, 1589: 1109:(1876), Brigham City, Utah 1103:(1857), Brigham City, Utah 808:Saunderstown, Rhode Island 780:McConnells Mill State Park 369:Old Stockbridge Grist Mill 1331:destroyed by fire in 2015 804:Gilbert Stuart Birthplace 1115:, Newport News, Virginia 1067:, Minneapolis, Minnesota 795:Carpenter's Grist Mill, 161:Franklin Grove, Illinois 1368:Valley Falls State Park 1125:Phoenix Mill (Virginia) 1101:Box Elder Flouring Mill 1037:, Los Gatos, California 193:Mansfield Roller Mill, 1251:Minneapolis, Minnesota 1175:Mansfield, Connecticut 1167:Gurleyville Grist Mill 1145:, Cedarburg, Wisconsin 1127:, Alexandria, Virginia 1079:, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1061:, Underwood, Minnesota 1055:, Fairhaven, Minnesota 984:Glade Creek Grist Mill 968:Cedar Creek Grist Mill 664:Old Mill of Guilford, 628: 612: 574:Stony Brook Grist Mill 515:Littleton Grist Mill, 240:Wildcat Den State Park 208:Spring Mill State Park 1463:oldmillofguilford.com 1345:Fall River, Tennessee 1341:GT Wilburn Grist Mill 1323:Elkin, North Carolina 1279:New Liberty, Missouri 1083:Wolf Creek Grist Mill 1053:Fair Haven Flour Mill 905:Burwell-Morgan Mill, 802:Hammond Gristmill at 626: 610: 583:Tuthilltown Gristmill 200:Metamora Grist Mill, 1317:Milltown, New Jersey 1073:, Terrace, Minnesota 925:Cyrus McCormick Farm 914:Berryville, Virginia 834:have been ground by 310:Scribner's Mills in 236:Pine Creek Gristmill 1573:Lists of watermills 1313:Lawrence Brook Mill 1275:Falling Spring Mill 1260:Hastings, Minnesota 1133:, Thorp, Washington 1085:, Loudonville, Ohio 838:for over 150 years. 764:Newlin Mill Complex 642:Gwynn Valley Mill, 449:Sciple's Water Mill 341:Dexter Grist Mill, 1395:List of watermills 1321:Elkin Creek Mill, 1308:Surprise, Missouri 1213:Independence, Iowa 1180:Cooch-Dayett Mills 1139:, Washington, D.C. 1121:, Vinton, Virginia 988:Babcock State Park 892:Gap Creek Mill at 778:McConnell's Mill, 629: 613: 379:Sturbridge Village 303:Morgan's Mills in 117:, built circa 1650 1378:Hartwell, Georgia 1232:Dundas, Minnesota 1201:Seaford, Delaware 1171:Gurley-Mason Mill 1005:Newark, Wisconsin 943:Kennedy-Wade Mill 921:Raphine, Virginia 875:Pigeon Forge Mill 842:Suber's Corn Mill 632:Dellingers Mill, 565:Roslyn Grist Mill 349:Jenney Grist Mill 288:Dexter Grist Mill 1580: 1542: 1541: 1539: 1538: 1529:. 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Index

watermills
United States
Chandlers Mill, 45ft working water wheel & Gristmill
Kymulga Mill
Childersburg
War Eagle Mill
Rogers
Bale Grist Mill
Napa
Main Sawmill
Ledyard
Connecticut
Winthrop Mill
New London
Connecticut
Historic mills of the Atlanta area
Berry College
Rome
Helen, Georgia
Franklin Creek State Natural Area
Franklin Grove, Illinois
Graue Mill
Oak Brook
Beck's Mill
Becks Mill
Mansfield
Metamora
Spring Mill State Park
Mitchell
Roann

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