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COURTHOUSE. R E G I S T R Y OF O E E

1ndk~endence ' C o u n t y Courthouse ST-REET AND NCIMEIEFI;

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The m i l l fs housed in a wood frame building (c.18691 n i t h a rock foundation and a gambrel roof. The in ter ior is divided by three levels with a store in the front , me f5rst level contains the m i l l gears and mLll box, the second the hopper and' buhss, and the third level is used as a-storage area, The framing of the building is constructed bf wood which has been hewed, 'carved, morticed, dovetdled and. . '

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m e rotating 1500-pound buhr is powered by a LeffeL-40- ' horsepower verkical w a t e r turbine manufactured by James Lef fe. and campany of.:Springfield, Ohio- T h i s turbine is installed at the base of the '"forebayQt (a concrete' tank 1 under the - . - - dl1 house,. ' A wate rga t e releases w a t e r i n t o the forebay, OrLginally a series of s m a l l metal gates atop t h e turbine - . were opened and closed by a. level r;rhich started and stopped - the d L 1 . About 20 years. ago these became inoperable and *

now the turbine is controlled by r d s i n g and lowering t h e .

watergate in the. dam, . . .. . . . . -+ - - --. . .- . -. - - - - - - .' .-.--- _ __ P o w e r is transmitted f r o m the turbine to 4=hc buhr stones

through t w o steel shafts- The gearwheel on the turbine shaft is fitted w i t h wooden teeth, originally persimmon but replaced with oak in 1963, pegged i n to a c i r c u l a r m e t a l frame fitted onto t h e shaft, The other s h a f t is equipped with a metal .gear, The use af one wood and one m e t a l gear reportedly reduces f r i c t i o n as well as noise, ? I - +

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The major changes in the 'dil are the ' Additfin of the porch I19181 and the . removal of the buhrs f o r flour mill5 ng, The o l d flour bolter and the t w o wooden troughs used In f l ou r niaking are now stored an t h e n i l 1 joists,.. -,

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x water is suppl ied by a large spring flowing f m m -a' fz l led seam in the mill:>pondl s b o t t o m . The flow measures

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f r o m three to five million ga l lons per day, - :I

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, A log dam at the spr ing suppl ied w a t e r by m e a n s of a' flume to anbarlier m i l l 1c.1853 &out two hundred yards I

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downstream: This dam was replaced by the present' rock dam in 1867. Since then a f e w concrete supports and a layer of concrete on the upper s i d e have been added Cc,1914),

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The-ni.11 oam was u d l t in ~ o o t lor n r ~ ~ r ~ u r l y ru, S ~ ~ R S by a famed millwright, Col. "J, A, Schnabel, whose name and

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B. Ro "c;npm +hat t i m e zne m i l l has had a series of owners:

Jordon 3ames, r , 191 ?adstream, 1915-

LYL!; 3. A. - F - - - , -,17-1935; J, A, 1935-1938;

. . The mil l remained in operation until the 1960 's at -

whZch time Mrs. Ly-kle decided she was too old to run it, , She now opens the m i l l d a i l y for t h e public's enjoyment and educakion at no charge,

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rkansas D e m o c r a t , Sunday Magazine Section, November 12 , 967.

Arkansas Historical Quarterlv, V o l . XX, No, 2, (Sumner 1961), 182-186,

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. - at- designated State L i a h n Officer lor the Wa-

Jistoric Praservatien Act of 1966 (PabIie Law I hereby ccrtily that this prop* fs Lncluded Ln the

Hatima1 Regkttr. . .. , I hereby nominmtc this property for inclusion

in the h'ational Ragistsr and certify t5at It ha6 been

rvrtluated ocoardirrq to Zhs c-iteria and pmcs&trres sat

forth by ttre Nati-l Park mace. The reeommndcd

level or signilia rEs nomination b:

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Title off i re r Keeper of The National Rd i s f e r

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Fdm 10-30 1 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 19661 NATIONAL PARK SERMCE

W ATION AL REGISTER 0 F HISK O R l C PLACES , - PROPERTY MAP FORM

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NAME 'C OMMOM i

S T A T E COUHTY i : Arkansas Independence Batesville .

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SPRING MILL

Hiqhvay 69, 6 miles north of Batesville 3. MAP REFER EHCE

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