Part of the Historic Bridges of Hunterdon County series
Note the crumbling mill dam and in my canoeing days it was higher or so I recall as I carried around it. Quite stunning creek after a heavy rain with 7 waterfalls.
In the 1780s, there were about 50 slaves in Amwell Township, many of them owned by millers.
Because so few records survive, it is hard to tell who was employed at local mills. Such workers were usually tenants, so they left no land records. It is not until 1850 that the federal census records occupations. That census identified only six people whose occupations were “miller,” and also one person, John Chapman age 26, identified as a “Millmaker,” probably meaning that he produced mill wheels.
Delaware Twp. Mills of the 1850s
Assume this was the Myers Mill on Old Mill Road, All told, there were ten milling operations in Delaware township shown on the Cornell Map.
Clearly, Delaware Twp was well equipped with mills.
Another interesting mill was the Lawshe Cider Mill on the original homestead of the Covenhoven family near Headquarters. But that gets into the subject of distilleries, of which there were also many. A discussion of cider mills and distilleries will come later, along with Delaware Township taverns. We place this cache to honor those in Delaware twp still making brew and cider still
At stage one. What is thje name of the Geocacher who helped restore this bridge?
If Massey go to: N 40° 27.178′ W 75° 01.469′
If Robinson go to: N 40° 27.178′ W 75° 01.478′
if Moore go to N 40° 27.169′ W 75° 01.478′
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