Price's Mill

Price's Mill, also known as Calliham 's Mill ( Callaham 's Mill ) known Stone 's Mill and Park 's Mill, is a water- driven flour mill for about 3 km east of Parksville on the South Carolina Highway 33-138 ( of Price's Mill Road ) at Stevens Creek in McCormick County. In the Geographic Names Information System, the mill as Prices Mill is listed. It was built in the 1890s and was registered on November 22, 1972 to the National Register of Historic Places. At this time, she was one of few remaining water-powered flour mills of South Carolina.

History

David Calliham actually came from Virginia and earned around 1768 land on Stevens Creek in Ninety -Six District, South Carolina. He built a corn mill on the creek. Calliham died before 1784th

In addition to the corn mill existed in the sewing a cotton gin and corn mill but these were destroyed by floods.

The present mill was built in the 1890s. From 1910 she operated RA Price, who on all seven days of the week was partially active and generated weekly up to 6400 kg of maize flour. Price died in 1968 Later the mill was taken over by his son.; At this time, went back the Auftragsmüllerei and the mill bought corn to it to grind corn flour. John M. Price ran the mill in the early 1970s three days in the week and produced a week so around 3200 kg of white and yellow corn flour, which he set down under its own brand of the mill in the shops in McCormick County and Greenwood County. Price employed a staff.

At least since 2003, the mill is out of service.

Architecture

The mill is a two-story built in post and beam construction building with a gable roof. It is built of rough-hewn pine. The Indemnified beams measure 30 cm to 30 cm; they are mortised and pegged. The foundation of the building is built of brick. A steel cyclone can be seen in photographs.

The burr -type millstones have a diameter of 107 cm and are located in a wooden Einkastung. The upper millstone has a round hole, the lower millstone the opening is square. The corn was poured through a funnel and emptied into a bathtub. The upper stone could be raised or lowered, depending on the desired fineness of the final product.

A dam made ​​of stones and mortar, which was built in the early 19th century, dammed the Stevens Creek on. He was replaced in 1913 by a 4 m high concrete dam. The power is transmitted from the river over a 15 m long shaft to a wooden wagon wheel under the mill building.