What is that, where is it, and what did it do?
Well, it was one of the most important parts of Treman’s Mill, or The Old Mill as the sign on that big historic building in the Upper Park labels it.
It’s a water turbine, that harnessed power for the machinery of the entire grist mill.
Well, it was one of the most important parts of Treman’s Mill, or The Old Mill as the sign on that big historic building in the Upper Park labels it.
It’s a water turbine, that harnessed power for the machinery of the entire grist mill.
The timber frame with its big bolts are what’s left of a big, wooden, boxy pipe, called a sluice or flume, that channeled water from the mill pond (blown out by a flood in 1935) above Mill Falls.
The rose wheel connected to a shaft that turned an iron gear that turned the wooden Great Spur Wheel that powered the drive shaft for the entire mill.
The rose wheel connected to a shaft that turned an iron gear that turned the wooden Great Spur Wheel that powered the drive shaft for the entire mill.
The mill museum will close for the winter, but you can still see the rose wheel outside, under the porch.
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