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Hanford Mills Museum, also known as Kelso Mill, is a historic
grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ...
and
sawmill A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ...
and national
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located at
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in
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. The district contains nine contributing buildings and three contributing structures. The complex includes both natural and structural facilities. It includes a
mill race A mill race, millrace or millrun, mill lade (Scotland) or mill leat (Southwest England) is the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel ( sluice) conducting water to or from a water wheel. Compared with the broad waters of a m ...
from Kortright Creek to the damned up Mill Pond which supplies the
waterwheel A water wheel is a machine for converting the kinetic energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a large wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with numerous blade ...
, a
spillway A spillway is a structure used to provide the controlled release of water downstream from a dam or levee, typically into the riverbed of the dammed river itself. In the United Kingdom, they may be known as overflow channels. Spillways ensure tha ...
for the pond's overflow, a section of old (1900)
New York Central Railroad The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected New York metropolitan area, gr ...
track, two railroad bridges crossing Kortright Creek, and a variety of buildings. The main structure is a mill building dating to the 1820s with additions from the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s. The four story wood-frame structure is approximately 150 feet long and 120 feet high. Also on the property is a one-story depot building with
grain elevator A grain elevator or grain terminal is a facility designed to stockpile or store grain. In the grain trade, the term "grain elevator" also describes a tower containing a bucket elevator or a pneumatic conveyor, which scoops up grain from a lowe ...
and storage facilities. ''See also:'' It is now operated as a museum. It was listed on the
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in 1973. File:HanfordMillsButterTubCoversAwaitingShipping.JPG File:HanfordMillsLineShaftBeltRepairDevice.JPG File:HanfordMillsLineShaftInAction.JPG File:HanfordMillsLineShaftPulley.JPG File:HanfordMillsLineShaftPulleyStorage.JPG File:HanfordMillsMuseumFromAcrossTheMillPond.JPG File:MickelPatentBarrelHeadCutter.JPG


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, New York List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, New York This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, New York. The ...


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Hanford Mills Museum website
National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, New York Museums in Delaware County, New York Industrial buildings completed in 1820 Mill museums in New York (state) History museums in New York (state) Historic districts in Delaware County, New York Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) {{NewYork-museum-stub