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  • Willington, CT
    • Amidon Mill
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    • Parizek's Brothers' Mill
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    • Tinkerville - Forest Mill
    • Undocumented Mill Site - Roaring Brook
    • Unnamed Mill Site - Conant Brook
  • COVENTRY, CT
    • CLARK'S MILL
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brook's mill, Fenton and Stone House Roads

Mill type:  Saw mill                            Water power: Turbine  

Waterway: Roaring Brook                 


History – Little history on Brook’s mill could be located. Brook’s was known to have a saw mill and he manufactured wood products at his mill. He was famous for his patented reversible road scraper.

Site Characteristics: The mill was located just northerly of and upstream of the junction of Stone House Road and Fenton River Road at the base of a deep cut. An east-west oriented on-stream dam about 250 long provided the power source. A turbine was used to power the mill. The dam has been fully breached on the westerly side of the dam in the location of the natural stream bed. The major breaching of the dam was in 1938 with addition destruction occurring over the years.

The mill site, located on a popular fishing stream, is on property owned by the State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection so is accessible for viewing by the general public.

Additional Sources of Information: Stafford Historical Society

Reversible Road Scraper

Picture
Photo courtesy of the Stafford Historical Society



brook's dam

Picture
Dam remnants with breaching to the left or on the westerly side of the dam.  Photo by the Author
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