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Author
Hensel, L. W.
Date of Publication
1898
/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hensel, L. W. Title: An old oil mill / by L. W. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Old Oil Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.) Water mills--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Linseed oil. Flour mills--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County
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Responsibility
by L. W. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, L. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
213-215 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 7
Summary
This article discusses a mill property in Eden Township , Lancaster County. The mill had several owners during the 19th century, and the mill was used for various purposes: Processing wool, sawing wood, making whiskey, and pressing oil from flax seeds [hence the name "oil mill"].
Subjects
Old Oil Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Water mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Oil mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Linseed oil.
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 7 (1898), p. 213-215Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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Grist mills : together with recipes using their products & notes & illustrations of other early mills

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Edition
Rev. ed.
Date of Publication
1987.
Call Number
664.72 G869
ISBN
0911410457 :
Edition
Rev. ed.
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Applied Arts Publishers,
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
32 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Grist mills of early America and today.
Original ed. c1978 by Elmer L. Smith.
Summary
"This book focuses on the small neighborhood grist mills which emerged in America and seeks to portray the role they played in the daily rural living. Our space does not permit featuring many of the remaining relics, but the attempt is to offer evidence of the significance of such enterprises as early mechanical sources of energy, as sources of community development, and the relation to industrial and technological advances." [introduction]
Contents: Lanterman's Mill Ohio/ Milling Beginnings/ Early Water Power/ The Mill Stones/ Wheels In Many Industries/ An Iron Making Village/ Modernization/ A Famous Old Working Mill/ Wind Instead of Water/ Down East Windmills/ Little Holland in Michigan/ Amish Energy/ Typical Mill History: Springwell Forge/ Osceola Mills/ Bread And Muffins/ Mountain Mills/ Mill Your Own/ Folklore and Legend/ Inland Mills/ Two Centuries of Muddy Creek Mill.
Subjects
Mills and mill-work
Flour-mills
Additional Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
664.72 G869
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Author
Elliott, Charles Kindred
Call Number
974.821 B926j v.1, no.6
Responsibility
by Charles Kindred Elliott and Charles Firman Kindred, II.
Author
Elliott, Charles Kindred
Physical Description
p.15-19.
Notes
In: The Bucks County Historical Society Journal, v.1, no.6 (Fall 1974)
Subjects
Lower Mearns Mill (Bucks County, Pa.)
Mills and mill-work
Flour mills
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.821 B926j v.1, no.6
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The mills along the Conoy Creek

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Author
Olweiler, Jacob N.
Date of Publication
1953.
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Responsibility
by Jacob N. Olweiler.
Author
Olweiler, Jacob N.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1953.
Physical Description
[68]-74 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 57, no. 3
Subjects
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conoy Creek (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 57, number 3 (1953), p. 68-74Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.57
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Author
McSparran, William F.
Date of Publication
1927
: McSparran, William F. Title: The old mill / written for the Lancaster Historical Society by W. F. McSparran. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Flour mills--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--Poetry. Millstones--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--Poetry. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927
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Responsibility
written for the Lancaster Historical Society by W. F. McSparran.
Author
McSparran, William F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
95-96 p. p 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7
Summary
A poem about "a mill of olden days."
Subjects
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Millstones - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 7 (1927), p. 95-96Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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Old mills and country ordinaries

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Author
Evans, Samuel,
Date of Publication
1897
Responsibility
by Samuel Evans, Esq.
Author
Evans, Samuel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[313]-322 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 8
Subjects
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Sawmills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Taverns (Inns) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 8 (1897), p. 313-322
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Old mills and country ordinaries

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Author
Evans, Samuel,
Date of Publication
1897
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Responsibility
by Samuel Evans, Esq.
Author
Evans, Samuel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[299]-322 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 7&8
Notes
The first part of this article was published in issue 7, pages 299-310. The second part was published in issue 8, pages 313-322.
"Ordinaries" is a term that is primarily used by the British. They were "a complete meal provided at a fixed price" or "a tavern or inn providing such a meal" [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ordinaries]
Subjects
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Taverns (Inns) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Sawmills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 7&8 (1897), p. 299-322Lancaster History Library - Book974.9 L245 v.1
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Author
Flory, Paul B.
Date of Publication
1951
industry in Lancaster County there were over two hundred grist and flour mills in operation ; this was in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Close to the turn of the century the flouring mills started to die out, due to the expansion of the milling industry in the west, and then the advent of
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Responsibility
by Paul B. Flory.
Author
Flory, Paul B.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1951
Physical Description
[73]-86 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 3
Subjects
Millstones.
Mills and mill-work.
Millers.
Flour mills.
Stone-cutting.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 3 (1951), p. 73-86Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55
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The Share grist mills in Pennsylvania

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Author
Share, John.
Edition
Rev.
Date of Publication
1994.
Call Number
725.4 S531
Responsibility
by John Share, Jr.
Author
Share, John.
Edition
Rev.
Place of Publication
New Carlisle, Ohio
Publisher
J. Share,
Date of Publication
1994.
Physical Description
10 leaves, [5] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Subjects
Share family.
Shearer family.
Share, Ulrich, - 1722-1777 - Family.
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Mills and millwork - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
725.4 S531
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Some early county mills, etc., etc. : a fulling mill in 1714

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Author
Evans, Samuel,
Date of Publication
1897
, Samuel, 1823-1908. Title: Some early county mills, etc., etc. : a fulling mill in 1714 / by Samuel Evans, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Flour mills--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Sheriffs--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Irish Americans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster
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Responsibility
by Samuel Evans, Esq.
Author
Evans, Samuel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[167]-175 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 5
Subjects
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Sheriffs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Irish Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 5 (1897), p. 167-175Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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