Category: History - American

Whitman Mission National Historic Site

Thompson, Erwin N., 1926-1998· 1 chapters· 8,528 words

40 inches in diameter. Later, a threshing machine and a turning lathe were built on the mill platform. For waterpower to operate the mill, a ditch was dug from the Walla Walla River to a millpond formed by two long earthen dikes.

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1. mill. Much larger than the others, the new gristmill had grinding stones

40 inches in diameter. Later, a threshing machine and a turning lathe were built on the mill platform. For waterpower to operate the mill, a ditch was dug from the Walla Walla R...