The Frederick G. Exner Memorial Windmill

Erected February 17, 2000

Donated by Frederick G. Exner to the El Monte Historical Society

Historical Artifact to Compliment the Osmund House Facility

This "The Aermotor Company" windmill was first erected in Gore, North Dakota, in April 1916, and served ...

Pears Mill

Pears Mill.

Built in 1853.

Marker is on South Oak Street south of Front Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Hoffman Paper Mills

The first paper maker in Maryland was William Hoffman. In 1775 he built his first mill on Gunpowder Falls a quarter mile upstream from the present Hoffmanville Bridge.

In September 1776 Congress adopted watermarked paper for its currency. Hoffmanville Mills manufactured ...

Mill Creek Coal & Coke Co.

John Cooper’s mine in Cooper section of Bramwell shipped 1st coal from W. Virginia’s valuable Pocahontas Coalfield over N&WRR on 4 Nov. 1884. The Coaldale, Caswell Creek & Booth-Bowen mines, operated by Cooper, Jones, Freeman, Booth & Bowen, were pioneer ...

Millwood

Two miles northwest of here astride Mill Flat Creek is the site of old Millwood. A sawmill town established in 1891. Railroads brought logs here for milling and later lumber from other nearby mills including that which cut the privately ...

The Battle of Lee’s Mill

1862 Peninsula Campaign

In March of 1862, Union Maj. Gen. George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac landed at Fort Monroe and Camp Butler. This large force contained 121,500 soldiers, 44 batteries of field artillery and 101 heavy siege cannons. Confederate Maj. ...

High-Level / Million Dollar Robert H. Mollohan Bridge

Completed in 1921, honoring WWI veterans. Designed by Concrete Steel Engineering Co., NY; built by John F. Casey Co., Pittsburgh. Three 250 ft. reinforced concrete arch spans, 90 ft. above river, 1,266 ft. long. Connected Fairmont by trolley, foot and ...

Bean's Mill

Here in 1897 the first iron bridge in Lee County was built. In 1903 George W. Bean bought the mill, operating it until his death in 1952. About 1910 Bean installed an iron overshot wheel to replace the old turbine. ...

High-Level / Million Dollar Robert H. Mollohan Bridge

Completed in 1921, honoring WWI veterans. Designed by Concrete Steel Engineering Co., NY; built by John F. Casey Co., Pittsburgh. Three 250 ft. reinforced concrete arch spans, 90 ft. above river, 1,266 ft. long. Connected Fairmont by trolley, foot and ...

Glencoe - Grist Mill and Dam Site

Like many Piedmont mills, Glencoe was built at an old grist mill site - the Vincent Mill begun in the 1860s. Remains of it may be seen on the "island" side of the mill race. The Vincent Mill had a ...