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