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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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Early industries located along the Conowingo Creek

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Author
Maxwell, E. Beverly.
Date of Publication
1898
Conowingo, on account of its great fall, has furnished water power to turu the wheels of a furnace, a rolling mill, �a foundry (all of which proudly bore its name), a sickle factory, a sorghum factory, two cleaver mills, nine flour and feed mills and seven saw mills, all of which comprised the twenty-three
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Alternate Title
Early industries.
Responsibility
by Mr. E. Beverly Maxwell.
Author
Maxwell, E. Beverly.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
[52]-63 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 2
Summary
This article discusses various water mills and industry along the Conowingo creek in southern Lancaster County during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Subjects
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Water mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Conowingo Creek (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 2 (1898), p. 52-63Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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Gristmills of the Good family of Martic, Conestoga, Pequea Townships [Lancaster County, Pa.] / by John J. Good

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Author
Good, John J.
Date of Publication
[2010]
Call Number
725.4 G646
Author
Good, John J.
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
[2010]
Physical Description
4 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Good family.
Gristmills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Water mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
725.4 G646
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Water-powered grist mills, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Lord, Arthur C.
Date of Publication
1996.
Call Number
725.4 L866w
Responsibility
Arthur C. Lord.
Author
Lord, Arthur C.
Place of Publication
[Millersville? Pa.]
Publisher
A.C. Lord,
Date of Publication
1996.
Physical Description
vi, 87 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Folded map laid in.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 86).
Subjects
Gristmills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Water mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
725.4 L866w
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