Bridgeton Mill

My nephew Isaac Roe came and helped with taking down the concrete forms.  He is holding his tools … a large crowbar and a log chain.  We managed to get it all down and out of the creek before it rained and filled the creek up with water. Notice behind him the new concrete Mike…

Since Dave’s tractor was such a big help we decided to buy one of our own.  Here is my granddaughter – Cinnamon helping me test drive the new toy … I mean tractor. Mike Roe

My grandson Ethan helped by bringing water to us and other things.  Here he is helping me with the vibrating.  Later he put his hand print into the concrete and wrote his name. Mike Roe

After finishing the forms we posed for a photo.  On the left is Dave Gahimer, then Lyndon Johnson and me.  Lyndon was a big help.  Notice the bracing.  Most of the bracing is anchored into the bedrock.  Sometimes we couldn’t find the bedrock so we used Daves tractor to put large bolders at the end…

The grandkids Dylan and Ethan are helping with tying the wire together. Mike Roe

After the dam was cleaned we removed as much water from the area as possible.  Then we started putting up the re-bar and wire.  This was anchored into the old dam.  Dave Gahimer is helping.  He was a big, big help with the whole project. Mike Roe

Karen has mentioned that whenever the media comes for an interview ….they always talk to me.  She says she is part owner and she should get interviewed.    Well ……. one day I was working down in the creek on the dam and a newspaper reporter stopped by.  She was so excited…. she did the…

The plan is to restore the washout gate next to the mill and then use this gate to draw the water away from the center of the millpond.  Of course we have to wait until the creek is low.  We got our opportunity the next summer 2007.  We had very little rain for several weeks…..…