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This picture shows the rear of the mill with water wheel. The
wheel was made of cast iron and was 15 ft. in diameter. Also visible is the wooden trough (launder) that carried water from
the mill pond to the wheel. A trap door in the trough could be opened to allow water to enter the wheel or closed to
allow water to leave from the end of the trough when the wheel was not in use. Water flow into the launder was controlled
by another door in the mill pond. Both could be controlled from inside the mill.
This figure shows a portion of the first floor of the mill. two
of the three mill stones (enclosed in casings) are shown. In the rear center is the main shaft of the mill machinery and a
horizontal crown wheel that drives some of the auxillary machinery. In the foreground are the chain and the rope comprising
the sack hoist used to move sacks of corn and flour between the different floors.
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This picture shows a new mill stone being delivered to the mill by horse
and cart in about 1900. Oliver Lloyd is sitting on the far right and his father, John Lloyd, is the third man
from the right. The stone was off-loaded from the cart on to sacks and bunddles of twigs and was apparently chipped during
the process. The building in the rear is the kiln used for drying grain.
Another view of the water wheel, taken from the front, when the mill was
in working order.
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