Page 6 - QuakerMillDam

1852 1914

Wooden dam Wooden dam replaced by
built to power a concrete structure
a saw mill

1865

Mill destroyed
by flood
waters

1869

Mill destroyed
by fire and
rebuilt

1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930

1867 1876 1907–1910

Mill rebuilt and Dam washed Quaker Oats
named Quaker away and Company
Mill rebuilt ownership

1854 1922

Flouring mill added Concrete dam expanded and
converted to hydroelectric power

Flour mill from circa 1910 (Merry, Power plant and dam during 1925 flood (Manchester
opposite page 332). Press 2014).

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