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Maximillano Cruz Mulino(Mill)
Mill No: NM-30~19-01-MaximillanoCruzMolino(Mill)

State -

New Mexico
County -

Taos Co.
Township -

n/a
Year -

1890-Historically
Water Source -

Rio De Las Trampas-originally
 

This mill was built at best knowledge in 1890 in Las Trampas, New Mexico, Taos County on the Rio De Las Trampas. The Las Trampas tract was part of the original Las Trampas Grant.
This mill was built at best knowledge in 1890 in Las Trampas, New Mexico, Taos County on the Rio De Las Trampas. The Las Trampas tract was part of the original Las Trampas Grant.


The name Cruz goes back to the 1690 Pueblo rebellion. In 1973 the mill was owned by Maximillano Cruz in Las Trampas. It was moved to the Smithsonian Museum, in Washington, D.C., where it was seen by about 30 million people from 1974-1989. Interior of the mill.
The name Cruz goes back to the 1690 Pueblo rebellion. In 1973 the mill was owned by Maximillano Cruz in Las Trampas. It was moved to the Smithsonian Museum, in Washington, D.C., where it was seen by about 30 million people from 1974-1989. Interior of the mill.


In 1989, the mill was brought back from the Smithsonian and is now on loan from the owner to the Historic Mora Valley Foundation and resides on the Cassidy/Cleveland Roller Mill(NM-30-01) location in Mora County, New Mexico. The diagram shows the working of a early turbine-tub type mill.
In 1989, the mill was brought back from the Smithsonian and is now on loan from the owner to the Historic Mora Valley Foundation and resides on the Cassidy/Cleveland Roller Mill(NM-30-01) location in Mora County, New Mexico. The diagram shows the working of a early turbine-tub type mill.


The canova(hollowed out log or trough) delivers the water to the mill. The mill, typical of the many mills built throughout Northern New Mexico from the 1600's to the 1940's, utilized a simple process of a set of two millstones horizontally situated immediately above a wooden water wheel located beneath the floor of the mill. This wheel on a vertical shaft is often called a tub wheel
The canova(hollowed out log or trough) delivers the water to the mill. The mill, typical of the many mills built throughout Northern New Mexico from the 1600's to the 1940's, utilized a simple process of a set of two millstones horizontally situated immediately above a wooden water wheel located beneath the floor of the mill. This wheel on a vertical shaft is often called a tub wheel


The wooden wheel under the mill, driven by the force of the water delivered thru the canova, powered the shaft that turned the buhr stones on the upper end of the shaft inside the mill.
The wooden wheel under the mill, driven by the force of the water delivered thru the canova, powered the shaft that turned the buhr stones on the upper end of the shaft inside the mill.




Directions: Refer to NM-19-02-Cleveland Roller Mill location. This mill is on the grounds of the Cleveland Mill.




 

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