Montana wrote:

>I am involved in the relocation and excavation of a water-powered 19th
>century flour and grain mill which burned down in the 1860's near Salem,
>Oregon. This site is adjacent to a newer mill which may be constructed in
>part of salvaged materials from the burned mill. I am trying to gather
>sources which can help me to determine(if possible) the typical structural
>and technological design these mills had, i.e. what was the necessary
>geography for such mills, how big were they, what was the manner of their
>construction, and what we can expect to find in terms of material remains?
>Also of interest is how and where mill workers of this period lived.


Jim Gibb mentioned Zimiles and Macaulay, and also SPOOM, which are top
sources, but try also the following that did not get destroyed in the
recent flood of my basement by Gaston:

Anonymous. 1992. Grist Mills - Together with Recipes Using their Products &
Notes & Illustrations of other Early Mills.  Applied Arts Publishers.
Lebanon, PA.

Kalman, Bobbie. The Grist Mill.  Crabtree Publishing Co. New York, NY.

Lord, Philip L. Jr. 1983. Mills on the Tsatsawassa: Techniques for
Documenting 19th Century Water-Powered Industry in Rural New York.
University of the State of New York, State Education Department, New York
State Museum, Division of Historical and Anthropological Services. Albany, NY.

Tyrwhitt, Janice. 1976. The Mill. New York Graphic Society. Boston, MA.

There are plenty others out there that I have used over the years, or never
dared shell out the big bucks for nice picture books on old mills.

Any archaeologist worth his/her salt will get Phil Lord's book on
Tstatsawasa, and his study of Walloomsac, from the NY State Museum.

         Dan W.