Thanks to everyone who responded with information and references. Very helpful indeed.
Chris McCabe, RPA
Georgia DNR, Savannah
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Suzanne Spencer-Wood [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 4:51 PM
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Subject: Re: Mid-19th century waterwheel mills
My favorite introductory books for mill nomenclature with good pictures:
Vince, John 1978. Mills and Millwrighting. Shire Album #33, Shire
Publications, Ltd. Printed by C.I. Thomas & Sons, Haverfordwest, UK. Small
pamphlet I bought this at Old Sturbridge Village. Pictures with labels.
Reynolds, John. 1970. Windmills & Watermills. Praeger, New York. Nice
drawings.
Smith, Diana. 1989. The Tide Mill at Eling: History of a Working Mill.
Ensign, Southampton. This is a pamphlet with a nice cutaway picture showing
the millworkings.
regards,
suzanne
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of James Gibb [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 4:20 PM
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Subject: Mills
Chris and Fellow HistArchers:
I've listed some favorite mill publications, all of which should be
available because they have been reprinted or just widely distributed.
It is important to keep in mind that millwrights adapted current
technologies to specific market and engineering demands, so every mill is a
little different and some absolutely dumbfound.
Jim
Leffel, James, and Company
1881 Leffel’s Construction of Mill Dams and Bookwalter’s Millwright and
Mechanic. James Leffel and Company, Springfield, Ohio.
Enhanced edition of 1874 guide to all aspects of mill construction by an
important manufacturer of steel mill wheels and turbines.
Sass, Jon A.
1990 The Versatile Millstone, Workhorse of Many Industries. Society for the
Preservation of Old Mills, Newton, North Carolina.
Introduction to the variety of millstones and their functions in and beyond
grain milling.
International Textbook Company
1907 Waterwheels. International Textbook Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Technical treatment on how waterwheels and turbines work and how they should
be installed.
Zimiles, Martha, and Murray Zimiles
1973 Early American Mills. Bramhall House, New York.
Classic introduction to mill architecture, particularly in the Eastern
United States.
Macaulay, David
1983 Mill. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Great introduction to the details of mill construction that uses a composite
example, taking the reader from initial mill seat preparation to dam and
race construction, to installation of wheel and gearing. Highly recommended
and generally easy and inexpensive to acquire. From the same artist-writer
who produced books on medieval cathedrals and other architectural wonders.
Howell, Charles, and Allan Keller
1977 The Mill at Philipsburg Manor Upper Mills and a Brief History of
Milling. Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Tarrytown, New York.
Pleasant read on the research and reconstruction of the 18th-century style
mill in the Hudson River Valley. The late Charles Howell was a millwright
and as knowledgeable and enjoyable a fellow as you’d ever want to speak
with.
James G. Gibb
Gibb Archaeological Consulting
2554 Carrollton Road
Annapolis, Maryland USA ?? 21403
443.482.9593 (Land)� 410.693.3847 (Cell)
www.gibbarchaeology.org ? www.porttobacco.blogspot.com
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Parkhill [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:05 PM
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Try "Mills of Yesterday", A. T. Jackson, Texas Western Press, The University
of Texas at El Paso, 1971
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http://www.angelfire.com/journal/millrestoration/
Excellent website with lots of milling information.
Nancy O'Malley
Assistant Director
William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology and
Office of State Archaeology
1020A Export Street
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506
Ph. 859-257-1944
FAX: 859-323-1968
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael
Bathrick
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 9:53 AM
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Subject: Re: Mid-19th century waterwheel mills
Try contacting SPOOM - The society for the Preservation of Old Mills
(/www.spoom.org/ <http://www.spoom.org/>). They have lots of experience
with old milling operations.
Mike
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Bennett, Richard, and John Elton
1899 "History of Corn Milling: Vol. II, Watermills and Windmills." Simpkin, Marshall, London.
Grimshaw, Robert
1882 "the Miller, Millwright, and Millfurnisher." Howard Lockwood, New York.
Huges, William O.
1862 "Miller and Millwright." Baird, Philadelphia
Hunter, Louis
1979 "A History of Industrial Power in the United States, 1780-1930." Vp;/ I, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville.
Loretta Lautzenheiser
Tarboro, NC
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark Branstner [[log in to unmask]]
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Here is a link to an on-line copy of the 1848 edition:
http://www.archive.org/details/youngmillwright00jonegoog
Mark C. Branstner, RPA
Historic Archaeologist
Illinois State Archaeological Survey
Prairie Research Institute
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
23 East Stadium Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217.244.0892
Fax: 217.244.7458
Cell: 517.927.4556
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [[log in to unmask]] On behalf of Creveling, Donald
Sent: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:13:24 -0400
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Subject: Re: Mid-19th century waterwheel mills
Try Oliver Evans Young Miller and Millwrights Guide 1795.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Chris McCabe <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> I wonder if anyone might know where I can find some details (nomenclature,
> relevant designs, etc.) on the mechanism of a typical 19th century
> waterwheel mill, specifically the wheel, shaft, and gearing. The site is a
> former grist mill destroyed during the Civil War located on a north Georgia
> creek. Many thanks,
>
> Chris McCabe
> Georgia DNR, Savannah
>
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