Name/Title
Old Tide MillEntry/Object ID
1986.28.2.86Description
A colorized photographic view of the Old Tide Mill. South Harpswell.
Located at Basin Point Cove, between Ash Point and Basin Point where tide rips are.
Built by George W. True Co. of Portland.
Ground 50,000 bushels of grain annually with a total H.P. of 6000.
Went down in ice storm in ice jam, Nov. 8. 1984
References: Lewiston Journal Magazine, May 14 1964; Down East, Sept. 1972 pp 21-23 (both articles by M.S.T.)
Portland Sunday Telegram, Oct. 21, 1984Collection
Miriam Stover ThomasLexicon
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Harpswell, Old Tidal Mill, South Harpswell