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Near and east of Bryn Mawr; also roughly bounded by the Schuylkill River, Mill Creek, and Righter's Mill, Rose Glen, and Monk's Roads 40°01′32″N 75°17′08″W / 40.025556°N 75.285556°W / 40.025556; -75.285556 ( Mill Creek Historic
Royersford is located at (40.185239, -75.537648 The borough lies on the northern banks of the Schuylkill River, and is considered a suburb of Philadelphia.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km 2), of which 0.8 square miles (2.1 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) (4.88%) is water.
Mingus Mill, Cherokee; Old Mill of Guilford, Oak Ridge. 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. [3] West Point Mill, Durham
The Great Valley Mill, also known as the Old Grist Mill in the Great Valley, is an historic grist mill which is located in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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 ...
The mill's structure was improved in 1849 and again in 1856 when two brick stories were added to the original fieldstone building. The five-bay brick addition doubled the size of the 1856 mill. It then became "the roller mill of Jesse Ives ... that provided shelter for escaping slaves" as part of the Underground Railroad. [4] [5]
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Bohrman's Mill is a water-powered gristmill built in 1815 [1] in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. [1] The mill was located outside the town of Orwigsburg, along Mahonney Creek, which flows from Second Mountain. The mill was primarily used for grinding cornmeal and hulling oats, using a 20-foot overshot water wheel, later switching to a turbine ...