The Old Jenney Grist Mill - theoldmillplymouthma184872
by Frank J Benz
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The Old Jenney Grist Mill - theoldmillplymouthma184872
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Frank J Benz
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Photograph - Photography
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The Old Jenney Grist Mill
The Old Jenney Grist Mill is a fully functional working mill that is located in Plymouth, MA, and is a reproduction of the 1636 mill and is on the same site as the original mill which burned down in 1837. Many of the parts of the mill, the stone, spindle and stone furniture are from the early 1899s. The mill is fully water powered from the Town Brook and used two grooved mill stone to grind the corn.
Snuggled alongside urban Town Brook, and just a short walk from the waterfront, the Plimoth Grist Mill tells the story of the grist mill built by the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony. After more than a decade of the grueling task of grinding corn by hand in wooden mortars, the colony sanctioned the establishment of a water-powered corn grinding mill on Town Brook in 1636. Colonist John Jenney was given consent to run the mill and to take a portion of the corn that was brought for grinding as a payment. After his passing in 1644 John Jenney left the mill to his wife Sarah, and then later their son Samuel, ran the mill until 1683.
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July 24th, 2018
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