John and Steve do good work. -jc On Sunday, March 23, 2003, at 05:30 PM, Gabriel Orgrease wrote: http://www.user1.netcarrier.com/~lwreber/waterwheel.htm < "One of the many (some would say the main) reasons Bahr's Mill is significant is "because of its rare, surviving, millwright-built, wooden water wheel." The "water wheel documentation project was undertaken with funding from the Ressler Mill Foundation, [and] was completed during November and December 1998 by John Bowie Associates (Media, PA) with technical assistance from Stephen J. Kindig, Molinological Specialist. The completed project was donated to the Historic American Engineering Record collection at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C." (Text from page one of the drawings.)" < < < < How to reach us: By phone: 610-369-7266 By fax: 215-679-6929 Or, you can email us at: 0000,0000,FFFF[log in to unmask] <
Page last updated May 8, 2002. Water wheel drawings courtesy Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service Drawings by John R. Bowie, A.I.A. & Cara Carroccia, A.I.A., 1998 All text and images, except where otherwise credited, Ó Bahr's Mill Preservation Society.