Bridgeton Mill

The Farmer’s Markets we do in the winter are doing very well.  More and more folks want fresh natural food.  So, we are running out of products and need to grind more.  However, raising the floors has made the stones and everything connected to them out of level.  In the photo you can see how…

We drive oak wedges on top of the posts as we raise the building.  We are going about 1/2 in. per month.  There are 6 posts we are working on.

Dave Gahimer and I are starting the job of raising the mill to put in the new posts.  The floors are sagging ……. so, they need to be jacked up before the new posts go in.  We figure moving the floors up 1/2 in. at a time is safe.  This is moving 3 floors of…

We had a big flood in Feb. and several more in March and April.  The Mill Pond was filled with trees and high winds had knocked down 7 trees in the Tail Race.  Then a tornado hit the mill in May.  We had a lot of water damage in the mill because part of the…

  Looking through the roof from the top floor.  It rained for several days after the roof was blown off.  We had to clean 3 floors and then used a sprayer with bleach water to double clean.  The machinery shown is not used today.  It is the top of the old swing sifter.  It took…

  Dustin (Son) and Ethan (Grandson) helped with the cleanup.  Also, Adam Krackenberger helped alot  and others.

Jimmy Liddle helping with the 200 + trees that fell into the tail race.  We had to get them out or it would silt back in.  It took 2 days and 6 bonfires to clear the creek. Jimmy

No more leaks!!!!!

I painted the eves before the workers put the new roof on.  Had to work fast because I didn’t want to slow them down.

The tail race was full of buried trees and dirt when we started working on it.  It has taken a few years of working on it – off and on – to get it this open.