Old Mill Cache Virtual Cache
Hidden : 2/8/2003
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1 out of 5
Terrain:
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Historic Working grist mill in Guilford County. Located along NC 68 south of Oak Ridge, NC. This mill was started in 1767, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is still a working mill.

On February 10, 1781, during the Revolutionary War, British troops under General Cornwallis marched past the mill in pursuit of General Green who was encamped at Guilford Courthouse. Legend has it that British troops seized the mill to grind grain for the soldiers prior to the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781.

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There is a shop in the mill that sells all sorts of ground grains, however, I am not affiliated with this mill in any way, and you are not required to buy anything. That being said, the buttermilk pancake mix is very good.

The waterwheel of this mill no longer directly powers the mill stones, it turns a generator to electrically drive the stones. To get credit for the find, e-mail me the horsepower, wheel RPM, an KW rating of the generator.

Here is a handy fill in the blank;

____ Hp

____ Wheel RPM

____ KW

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