Posted!

Hi Everybody,

 Well, as you can see from the heading, this mill is located on posted property. You can see it from the road. So, it doesn't have a name or a location like the others, to protect the innocent! I went in to get a few shots, and I wasn't there 10 minutes, when I decided that I had wore out my welcome and started walking towards my truck, when a county sherriff deputy met me half way there. He asked me how I was, and what I was doing there. I told him I was just there to take a few pictures and would be on my way. He said "this sure is a pretty spot, we have had problems with hunters and fisherman. But your ok, I come here alot myself!" I breathed a sigh of relief!!
There was a phone number on the posted sign. I called, and spoke to the land owner and I was denied permission to go on the property just take pictures. Oh well, this mill will just continue to rot from neglect and fall into the pond like so many others have in this area. I can't help but wonder why we are denied access to places like this. But then there are so many people who would just go on the property and show no respect for the land or it's contents, or the owner. I am not bitter with the owner, like the deputy said, "we have had so many problems with hunters and fisherman" and any one else. It's people like that, that I am bitter with! They make it hard for people like me to gain the trust of the landowner to give me permission to be there.
I think these mills should get some kind of recognition as landmarks in our state. I also wonder if the landowners could apply to the National Register of Historic Places, or something like that, to get a grant to help restore these pieces of history! But then, they would have to allow me access to their property.
Not really sure if this is a Grist Mill, or what kind of mill this was. I developed this pic this way so you could see the rusting spokes of what is left of the wheel. And if you look under the mill you can see some of the complex pulley system it has to drive the mill.
So next time you are on a back road, keep your eyes out for a gem like this. I may post a few other pic's of this mill at a later date.

Thanks for visiting,
Jeff