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WORKING WATER - Grist Mills in the Slippery Rock Area

Written by: Peggy Mershimer, Shirley Cubbison, Luanne Eisler, Edith Young
Published by the Slippery Rock Heritage Association, Inc. , Slippery Rock, PA.
Copyright: Slippery Rock Heritage Association, Inc. 1989

Featuring descriptions, stories and vintage photos of grist mill sites in and around Slippery Rock, Butler County, PA.

"In rural America of the nineteenth century water power was king. Small mills stood on all the major streams and on most of the minor ones... The Slippery Rock region was no exception. .. Little remains of the mills that dotted the landscape in the early 1800's... Only at McConnell's Mill do the restored elevators and machinery demonstrate the operation of a working mill." (from the Forward)

Paperback, 61 Pages, including Glossary, Bibliography, and Index
Numerous photos, charts, drawings, and recipes

Chapters
I: Mechanism and Methods
II: Specialties of the Mills
III: Related Work
IV: Personalities
V: Childhood Memories
VI: Lore of the Mills
VII: Economics and End of an Era
VIII: Repairing Croll's Mill Dam: A Modern Supplement
IX: List and Descriptions

See photos below (more in actual book):

Available from:
Slippery Rock Heritage Assoc.
P.O.Box 511
Slippery Rock, PA. 16057

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