Peirce Mill, Internal Mechanisms
This file appears in: Peirce Mill: Peirce Mill is the principal relic of the Peirce plantation and a unique symbol of the milling industry that once flourished along Rock Creek.
This file appears in: Peirce Mill: Peirce Mill is the principal relic of the Peirce plantation and a unique symbol of the milling industry that once flourished along Rock Creek.
Peirce Mill: Peirce Mill is the principal relic of the Peirce plantation and a unique symbol of the milling industry that once flourished along Rock Creek.
Built in 1829 by slaveholder Isaac Peirce, the Peirce Mill on Rock Creek ground corn, wheat, and rye until 1897, when its turbine's shaft finally broke. The mill was situated on a 960-acre plantation,…