Sometime back, in preparation for the restoration of the Bertolet Sawmill and
Daniel Boone Homsetead, Birdsboro, PA, a whole lot of research was done about
mills in general.  I'd recommend talking to Jim Lewars at Dan'l Boone.  If you
are looking for an Archeeteck, Engineer and Consultant team, Jim can refer you
to the guys we worked with, or I can.  But they should talk to Jim first.

Here in Minnesota we have a great big Mill project starting up.  In preparation
for that we've gone out and looked at a bunch of smaller feed and flour mills.
The curator on the project has the best handle on the equipment aspects of the
project.  I can send his contact information from work tomarrow if that would
be helpful.  If Adam isn't an expert, he will know who is.

If they are up for a junket, they should come out and see the two Mills I went
out to look at.  One is an operating flour mill and it is wonderful.  Like a
sawmill, when its in motion it is totally unlike what you would expect seeing
it standing still.  The other has been out of use for too long.  Abandoned
building problems have begun.  Still, it is more or less in tact.

Mary Krugman wrote:

> Hi, folks,
>
> Here's a cross post from the New Jersey History listserv. Any helpful
> information out there?
>
> Mary
>
> Subj:    Need information about milling equipment...
> Date:   2/20/2000 8:40:08 PM Eastern Standard Time
>
> Dear History list: Can anyone refer me to someone with expertise on early
> 20th century milling equipment?  I am interested in specifically finding out
> about feed mills that operated along railroad routes in New Jersey.  Any
> information appreciated as I am literally starting from ground zero on this
> one.  Tx. Marge