The film chronicles the industrial evolution of Southern New England, detailing how early settlers faced challenges in farming due to rocky terrain and harsh winters. They adapted by establishing ...

Three hundred and nine years after the Roslyn Grist Mill first opened, Jaime Karbowiak, executive director of the Roslyn Landmark Society, stood on the top floor of the building and envisioned its ...

Archaeologist Allison McGovern spoke at the Bryant Library on Feb. 19 about the process of uncovering local history at archaeological sites like the Roslyn Grist Mill. The event was hosted by the ...

Sprehe & Depweg started their flour mill in 1854. Both C. D. Depweg and Francis Sprehe lived in Minster, and their homes are depicted in this etching. The mill, renamed the Minster Milling Company, ...

Excavation for a new library and related work at a major redevelopment project in Burrillville, R.I., is uncovering vestiges of the saw mills, grist mills, and later, the textile factories that were ...

When teeming rain caused floodwaters to wash away Harbor Road in Stony Brook early last Monday morning, nearly emptying the adjacent Mill Pond, the 273-year-old Grist Mill next door withstood the ...

Early pioneer accounts always include an early grist mill, or an early sawmill, but it is rare to read about an early paper mill. Yet interestingly, paper production was extremely important. It was ...

Dennis Scholl, vice president of the Hellertown Historical Society, shows the hopper and the millstone for grain Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in the historic Heller-Wagner Grist Mill in Hellertown. The ...

Milled grain was the staff of life on the frontier. Early settlers would make long, arduous treks to the nearest gristmill to have their wheat, corn, oats and other grains ground into flour or feed.

Water flowing in creeks and streams was used for many years to supply the power for industrial operations. The first mills in Niagara County were built on creeks, using the force of the water to turn ...

SEEKONK, Mass. (WPRI) — His name is Ray Point Jr., but most of his regulars call him “the mayor” of the Old Grist Mill. The 61-year-old has worn many hats over the more than three decades he’s worked ...