Water Power

“ The mill is 46ft by 64ft and built from limestone taken from the riverbed. The walls are 4ft thick at the base and narrow by 6inches at each level. Much of the timber used in the building came from the island just across the river. The interior finishing touches place the mill in a category by itself. They include main floor plastered walls, rounded with fancy caps and high worked baseboards. The grindstones imported from France, are made from pieces of very hard quartz called buhr stone and weigh about 2000 lbs each. The original 6 power turbines were manufactured in Ottawa by Joseph Currier’s company.” (See Bibliography).