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Waterford Mill
Mill No:
Va-52-02-WaterfordMill-gk
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Loudoun Co. |
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Earlier mill-1762, present mill-1820's |
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South Fork Catoctin Creek. |
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The present mill is the result of a rebuilding and enlarging of the 1762 mill that was built to replace Amos Janney's log mill. Janney was a Buck's County, Pennsylvania Quaker who moved to the Catoctin Creek area of the Loudoun Valley in 1733. The town was known as Janney's Mill into the 1780's, when it's name changed to Waterford.
The Civil War was exceedingly hard on the mill economy of Waterford, including the Schooley Mill and a fulling mill. In 1885, the stone ground process was enhanced with the introduction of the roller process.
The Old Mill continued to operate until 1939, when soon after, the Waterford Foundation purchased the old Mill and the Schooley Mill. The mill has been a museum displaying 18 & 19 century crafts for about 55 years. Check out the website for more history of the mill and Waterford.
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Go 4.5 miles NE of US 15 at Leesburg, Va. on Sh 7/W. Market St., turn right on Sh 9 for 1+ miles, turn right on Sh 662 and procede 5-5.5 miles to the junc. of Sh 662/Second St. and Sh 665/High St. in Waterford, Va. |
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