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Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 8:56:18 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline This is where I grew up. Spent a lot of time crawling all over this place. Found the key to the original lock under the floor. (Along with stuff like groundhog skulls - it kind of reminds me of a vampire lair). My dad only found one bottle down here - a cobalt J Wise squat. We call it Laudenslager's Mill, although it's had a few names over the years. It was built in 1831 and ceased operations in 1958 when the shaft of the waterwheel broke. My parents bought it in 1967 when I was a year old. The house beind the mill was built in the 1700's and was the original Miller's House. There were several bad floods in the 1860's and a new house built on slightly higher ground was constructed. So far, so good. I've seen many floods over the years, and in the original house, the water flows in one door and out the other. My parent's house still has not yet had water in the first floor, although it's been very very close. (within an inch or two). Attachment (1) < Message edited by pyshodoodle -- 8/25/2009 8:58:59 PM > _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. Post #: 1

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 8:59:59 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6542 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline That is old!  Beautiful mill!  _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 2

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:00:38 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline It has bats! Only one was there yesterday. Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 3

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:05:46 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline This is from inside the first floor. If you notice on the 1st picture, the windows are at different levels and are different sizes. This is unusual for mills in the area. The reason, however, is that the 2nd floor is kind of a split level and one window can light 2 different floors of the mill. Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 4

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:10:46 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline This is an old price sign on the first floor. Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 5

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:14:54 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline Old sign in the office Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 6

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:15:47 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline Close-up Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 7

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:19:19 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline Some bags that were found in the mill Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 8

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:22:21 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline Hole in the floor where I was playing. Gonna be a pain to get the sifter out - so I left it there for now. No good finds. Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 9

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:24:40 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline This box has been sitting in the same place as long as I can remember. The bottom is out. Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 10

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:28:00 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline This is looking though where all the gears are to make the mill work into the wheelhouse. Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 11

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:28:14 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9281 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: online  What a great spot to explore!....Also, it's a beautiful old building.                                                                                      Joe _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 12

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:32:42 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 11900 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: online Are there any rooms to let? It's wonderful..... (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 13

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:33:18 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline Gears Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 14

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:34:41 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline Another shot. Yeah Joe - had a lot of fun in this place over the years! The junk in there is stuff that floated in or anound during the last flood. Hasn't been removed yet (although it's been awhile). Guess I should take care of that. Attachment (1) < Message edited by pyshodoodle -- 8/25/2009 9:35:39 PM > _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 15

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:41:41 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline Water wheel has seen better days. There was one down at the fish hatchery that looked about the same size. The mill that was down there burned. I told my dad, but I think he's given up on the restoration project. Besides too much work, too much money. As you can see, this has also become a stoage building. Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 16

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:43:24 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline You can see how they changed the opening here. Not sure what the old wheel would have been like. It is an overshot wheel, as you can see. Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 17

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:44:39 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline Here is a shot where you can see the size of the wheelroom. Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 18

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:52:19 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 10982 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: online That looks like a mill we used to go to as kids.It was in flower town but it was in bad shape and full of pigeons. _____________________________ My web site. Lots of privy and dump dig pictures.(New look) Also dig story's I wrote, published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine. www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 19

RE: Pictures of old grist mill - 8/25/2009 9:52:48 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline Grain hopper & stone Attachment (1) _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 20

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