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1. Tylersport Cigar Factory
Montgomery Co. / Pennsylvania
2. Site: Sholl's Mill House & Mill Site
Bucks Co. / Pennsylvania
3. Carter's Mill
Chester Co. / Pennsylvania
4. Ruins: Craighead Mill
Cumberland Co. / Pennsylvania
5. Nobles Mill
Harford Co. / Maryland
6. Plaster Mill of Stanhope
Sussex Co. / New Jersey
7. Monkton Mill
Baltimore Co. / Maryland
8. Rennoll Mill
York Co. / Pennsylvania
9. Red Mill / Jacob Bare's Mill
York Co. / Pennsylvania
10. Pine Creek Mill Flyod Co. / Virginia |
Berks Co. Pennsylvania  Picture: Jim Miller 10/20/1992 Built in 1883 by Peter Wanner on the Wanner tract of land purchased from John & Richard Penn, Williams sons. The mill and miller's house were built connected together. Peter Wanner released the mill to Daniel Wanner, then Daniel to Samuel Wanner, who sold to Philip Schaeffer. Philip's son WIlliam enlarged the mill in 1844 (this could be the addition of the brick two story on the left side &/or the third story of frame. Cumberland Co. Pennsylvania  Very large limestone and frame mill 35x75 feet in dimension, and rising 3.5 stories above the terra firma. The mill doors in the gable end facing north total three vertically. The east side has doors at various places including an enormous outlet arch for water into tailrace that has now become more of a wide ditch. Frame part includes the upper story plus the half. Doors are painted reddish/burgundy. The mill is now a really large residence with untold amounts of square-footage. Pic taken Oct. 1992. |
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