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Picture: Robert T. Kinsey 11/09/2006
The two story frame mill on stone foundation was built in 1840 by John W. Briner.
Picture: Robert T. Kinsey 11/09/2006
The mill was powered by a waterwheel on the back of the mill, then a shaft came through the backwall just below the second floor.
Picture: Robert T. Kinsey 11/09/2006
The line-shaft has wooden pulleys lined on it with belts coming off to attach to various other mechanisms for the grinding process.
Picture: Robert T. Kinsey 11/09/2006
The overshot waterwheel operated one set of buhr stones. The mill ground corn,buckwheat, and livestock feed.
Picture: Robert T. Kinsey 11/09/2006
John Briner was a cabinet maker before becoming a miller, so he also ran a saw mill and made caskets for undertakers.
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See directions to Smith/Stokes/Book's Mill, then travel SW 2.5 milles further and turn left on Mt. Pleasant Road/T304. Go south about 0.6 miles to the mill on the roght by Sherman Creek. |
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