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tourtelotte mill, south of torry road

PictureTourtelotte dam
Waterway: Clough's Brook             

Water power: Overshot wheel

Mill type: Silk Mill


History: Little history was available for the site but it was constructed circa 1800 as a silk mill it was later used as a machine and wagon wheel shop.

Site Characteristics: The site was unusual in that the mill was located about 800 feet from the dam. A 400 foot on-stream dam creating a 2 acre pond was constructed across Clough’s Brook. The dam had a center gate for controlling the water level and a head race on the west end of the dam. An excavated sluiceway or head race carried water the 800 feet from the dam to the mill to an overshot wheel. The ten feet head at the dam was increased to approximately a 20 foot head at the mill site. This was more than enough to turn a n overshot wheel.

Additional Sources of Information: “Lost Mill Sites in Tolland, Connecticut,” 2013, by Richard N. Symonds, Jr.
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Old mill located adjacent to the existing builing
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Dug sluiceway looking upstream
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