I often drove by an old building on the outskirts of Pine Plains and wondered about what it used to be. It was by a mill pond so I naturally assumed it was some kind of abandoned water mill. When I saw some activity going on around it (actually more underneath it) my curiousity got me to pull over.
I got into a conversation with the mason. He turned out to be an interesting guy as was the whole project he was working on.
They were shoring up the foundations of this old mill. Looking underneath, I saw that some of the pulleys and belts seemed fairly intact.
I brought Bruce Humphries over to go through it with the owner so I could videotape the tour for the sake of some history. He was the only person I knew who would be familiar enough with the milling equipment and the tourbine. This was the first time Bruce had been in the building!
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written by Richard Leigh , July 13, 2009
Where is this mill at?
written by Ann Simmons , September 30, 2009
Stan, this is wonderful. I have lived in Pine plains all my life and have never seen the inside of the mill before. these videos are great. would you be interested in doing a program for the LNPHS showing these and other videos that you have made? Ann Simmons
