When we travel one of my preferred subjects is old grist mills. On out way to the festival we stopped at Metamora, IN. Metamora is an old town on the Whitewater Canal. The town has returned to its roots and celebrates its history.
One of the attractions is the old functioning grist mill
While most of the grist mills here in the states are water powered, in Europe many of the early mills were wind driven. In Elkhorn, IA, there is an old Danish windmill which was disassembled, shipped to Iowa and rebuilt on its present site. It too is a fully functional grist mill and very different than any I’ve previously photographed.
Danish windmill, Elkhorn, IA
As a footnote, we are in Chamberlain, SD where we were in triple digit heat yesterday and it is 83 at 7:00AM this morning…
Tom
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