Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.1.111a-cDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 1, Part 2- The Wissahickon
Page 111 contains two handwritten notes from Jellett (a and c), and a short newspaper clipping (b).
(a) This handwritten note entitled "Robeson's Grist Mill" indicates Fell recounted to Jellett that this mill was first know (to him, Fell) as Mintzer's Mill, and from Mintzer it passed to Dobson. Joe Mintzer remembered Robeson operating this mill.
(b) This short newspaper clipping is hand titled "Robeson's Mills." The article relates Jellett's presentation and plates showing Jellett's rendtion of the Wissahickon and its streams and principal branches. It mentions the position of the old Schuylkill Falls which were obliterated by the constructuion of the Fairmount dam. It also mentions Jellett's picture of the mouth of the Wissahickon creek and Robeson's grist mill.
(c) These notes are entitled "Robeson Mill" and relate that on the stream immediately above Ridge Road, east side, stood Robeson's grist mill, later Vanderen Mill, and last occupied by John and James Dobson.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
