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M
ills have anchored human
communities around
the globe for over 2,000
years. These mechanisms
of ingenuity processed wood, wool, bark,
gunpowder, textiles, metals and grains.
The latter were collectively termed " grist
mills " (or gristmills) based on the word
used by early Europeans that meant cereal
grains ready for grinding.
Located by a swiftly moving stream or
a dam-able pond or lake, grist mills capture
and transform water's kinetic energy
into mechanical power. This moves an
intricate system of gears, belts and other
" puzzle pieces " to ultimately rotate large
millstones. It is between these sometimes
behemoth sandstone, granite or burr
stones which are dressed (carved) with
intricate patterns that the magic occurs.
Corn becomes meal and wheat becomes
flour.
Through the years, communities
in the Southern Appalachians formed
around waterways with a dual purpose
in mind-transportation and energy to
run mills. These gathering places offered
services to folks who made regular trips
to have raw agricultural goods processed
and purchase or trade for necessities.
MAIN PHOTO: Glade Creek Grist Mill, at
Babcock State Park, West Virginia, owes some
of its striking beauty to the fact that it was
assembled from parts of older mills.
INSET: Virginia's Wade's Mill, in Raphine, is
the state's oldest, dating to 1750.
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PHOTO COURTESY OF WV DEPT OF COMMERCE

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