GRISTMILLERS

This is the homepage of the gristmillers email list, as well as a resource for people interested in mills, both large and small. The main focus of this page leans more towards the small mills such as would have been found on the farm from the mid 19th century to the mid 20th century. If your interest is only in the larger mills, might I suggest you visit the SPOOM site which is full of great resources and represents a fine and noble organization.

The Gristmillers email list is a forum for sharing information about the smaller mills, either hand, animal, or engine powered. There are no requirements for joining other than an interest in the subject at hand. To join the Gristmillers list, just go to http://lists.gristmillers.com/mailman/listinfo/gristmillers

Millstones
Great description of millstones from Appleton's Encyclopedia of Applied
Mechanics (1880)

Millstone Patents
Some interesting patents for Millstone Dress starting in 1840.

Williams Mills
Pictures and links to these mills made in Ronda, NC

Nordyke and Marmon
A few pages from a 1920 catalog.

Letz Manufacturing Co. Feed grinder info

Quaker City Grinding Mills catalog ca 1911

Directions for Clipper Grain/Seed cleaners (1.58MB PDF file)

Kelly Duplex Mill info From Farmer's Guide ca. 1906

Select pages from "The Enterprising Housewife" showing equipment available from the Enterprise Mfg Co. in 1906.

Meadows/IHC Manual (3.74MB PDF file) Thanks to John Bailey and Philip Brown for providing the file and to Rob Skinner for hosting it.