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Mill Creek joins the Mahoning River in Youngstown.
Note the grist stones on the left side of the view.
This photo shows the waterfall that creates the head for the mill.
The overshot waterwheel is in the basement. I think the first floor has the millstone, the second floor has the sifters, and the third floor is storage.
Water enters the side of the building that has the control gate and flows down the mill race to the top of the waterwheel. The water behind the "Google Maps" label in this photo is on top of the waterwheel.
Here is another view of the water falling onto the water wheel. Note the vertical drive shaft to the left of the waterwheel.
Here is a video of the water driving the wheel.
And a video in the sub-basement of the wheel turning.
Remember the driveshaft I noted above in Tom's photo? Here we see that a ring gear on the waterwheel drives a bevel gear on the driveshaft.
The above photo also shows how the mill used the side of the canyon as one of its walls.
A closeup of the ring gear.
And then up on the first floor, the vertical drive shaft drives a horizontal shaft.
Does the horizontal shaft in Zack's photo then drive another vertical driveshaft?
These are three views of the same gears and belt. I didn't have a bucket list, but I do now. I need to visit this mill to figure out what is driving what.
Eventually, something drives the mill stone
And here is a spare set of stones and the crane that is used to replace them.
I presume this is the second floor. I don't know how much of this equipment was native to the mill and how much are museum pieces. For example, I see two different grindstone containers in the background.
I was surprised to see Route 66 and the San Francisco 49ers logo in this mural.
The variance in river flows continues to fascinate me. This was the lowest flow I found.
And when the flow is high, people tend to make a video of it.
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