Looking West
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| Street View, May 2023 |
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| Iowa Road Trip posted In the small town of Lynnville, you’ll find one of Iowa’s most fascinating pieces of working history — the Wagaman Mill & Museum. Built in 1848, this historic grist mill once served as the heartbeat of the community, grinding grain for local farmers and helping sustain early settlers in Jasper County. Today, the site also operates as a museum filled with local artifacts, antique tools, and exhibits that tell the story of Lynnville’s early days. Volunteers help keep the building and its stories alive, and during special events you may even see milling demonstrations that bring the past roaring back to life. If you love off-the-beaten-path Iowa road trip stops — especially places where small-town history still stands tall — Wagaman Mill is worth the detour. It’s quiet, authentic, and a powerful reminder of the ingenuity that built rural Iowa. 📍 Lynnville, Iowa 📸 Brian Abeling / Iowa Road Trip |
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| Matthew Whitt, Aug 2022 |
Looking North
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| Street View, May 2023 |
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| Cheryl Kluck, Sep 2022 |
The pinion gear that we see in the above photo drives the curved rack that we seen in this photo. The blade shafts with the missing brackets show how the bracket shoves the blade to and fro to adjust their angle, and thus the waterflow. The "steering wheel" in the above plaque is what turned the pinion gear.
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| Nikki Engelhardt, Apr 2021 |
This is an even better view of the rack and pinion. It also shows that the collar that the rack turned is broke. And looking at the dates on these three turbine runner photos, it appears that they are slowly adding brackets and control rods.
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| Mike Warden, May 2019 |
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| Mike Warden, May 2019 |
The auxiliary buildings provide a lot of room for museum displays. I added the "communication" label because this display has at least three generations of telephones in addition to the switchboard. And it just occurred to me that the "modern" landline phone in the lower-left corner is now rather history. That makes me feel old.
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| Pete Compo, Jul 2017 |
I kept seeing photos of a windmill. But I could not find it. Is it even in this town? I went back and verified that all the photos with a windmill or big brick buildings were by Kenny Bolen. So, he must have uploaded to the wrong location.
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| Kenny Bolen, Feb 2023 |
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