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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.

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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).
 

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It has bats![:D]
Only one was there yesterday.

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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.

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This is an old price sign on the first floor.

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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.

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This box has been sitting in the same place as long as I can remember. The bottom is out.

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