Sunday, September 7, 2025

1817 Spring Mill Grist Mill near Mitchell, IN

(Satellite)

Street View, Jun 2017

The wood flume is fed by a spring in the hillside.
Street View, Jun 2017

The grindstones are in the lower-left quadrant of this view.
Eric Willman, Jun 2023

The horizontal shaft is the axel of the waterwheel.
Mohanned Alshamsi, Aug 2018

These gears are in the basement, and they help increase the speed so that the stone turns about 10 times faster than the waterwheel. The gears are made with wood.
22:16 video @ 13:05

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