Cedar Creek Grist Mill
by Don Schwartz
Title
Cedar Creek Grist Mill
Artist
Don Schwartz
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
The historic Cedar Creek Grist Mill as morning breaks near Woodland, Washington.
From cedarcreekgristmill.com:
The Cedar Creek Grist Mill rests on a steep and rocky slope at the bottom of a narrow gorge. It is the only grain grinding mill in Washington that has maintained its original structural integrity, grinds with stones and is water powered.
George Woodham and his two sons built the water powered mill in 1876. Families throughout north Clark County brought their grain to the mill to be ground into flour or livestock feed.
According to an old newspaper article, debris in the swiftly flowing creek damaged the dam that first winter. In any case, Woodham moved away in 1879, taking all the equipment with him.
Mike Lynch bought the mill but it sat for seven years until he leased it to Gustave Utter. At that time a log dam was constructed about eighty feet upstream. Utter built a flume and installed the Leffel turbine, which is still in use today.
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August 29th, 2015
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