Springdale Mills, also known as Shank's Mill and Shockey Mills, 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 ...

located at Washington Township in

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. It was built in 1857, and is a 3 1/-2-story, banked brick building with a

fieldstone Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction mate ...

foundation. A 24-foot diameter Fitz overshot wheel was installed between 1900 and 1910. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

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in 1975.

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"Family wants to get Shank's Mill turning again," June 20, 2005, by Richard F. Belisle, herald-mail.com
Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Industrial buildings completed in 1857 Buildings and structures in Franklin County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Pennsylvania 1857 establishments in Pennsylvania {{FranklinCountyPA-NRHP-stub