Old Grist Mill Sluice - Burnt Cabins, Pennsylvania, USA
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N 40° 04.648 W 077° 53.285
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Old Grist Mill Sluice at Burnt Cabins, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WM174QZ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/11/2022
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The mill race and water wheel are no longer in use. The wooded components are showing the signs of neglect.
"Nestled in the mountains of quiet south-central Pennsylvania the Burnt Cabins Grist Mill is a historic and culinary wonder. Originally built at the present site in the 1750's the Grist Mill is churning out quality, old-fashioned flours in the same manner as it did back then. The Burnt Cabins Grist Mill was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
1) The Mill Race and Water Flume
The process for producing flour has to begin with the water which is brought to the Grist Mill through a system of channels called forebays. The water comes to the mill from a stream called a millrace and usually is diverted away from the mill to an adjacent pond. In order to make the water move into the mill a dam is placed into the watershoots and the level builds and eventually begins to flood into the mill and over the waterwheel." Source