Gristmill Dam and Mill Race, 1898

Photograph

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Shaker Historical Society

Baus caption: The old dam and mill race of grist mill. 1898

Baus caption: The old dam and mill race of grist mill. 1898

Name/Title

Gristmill Dam and Mill Race, 1898

Entry/Object ID

082.1931 Bau.56

Tags

North Union Shakers, Warrensville Township, 19th Century, Cleveland, 1890s

Description

Plate 56 from from Shakers & Kirtland by Louis Baus showing the old dam and mill race for the stone gristmill in Doan Brook Gorge. Baus description: "[Plate 55] All that remained of the grist mill after being blown up on July 4-1886. Below [Plate 56] is seen the old dam and mill race. What an ugly contrast to the once finely and stronly [sic] built monument of the Shaker industry."

Photograph Details

Subject Place

Township

Warrensville Township

County

Cuyahoga County

State/Province

Ohio

Country

United States

Location

Doan Brook Gorge

City

Cleveland

Category

Photographs
Archives

Acquisition

Notes

Gift of Eugene L. Baus, 1974

Made/Created

Date made

1898

Location

Location

Room

Elizabeth Nord Library & Archives

Building

Shaker Historical Society

Date

September 20, 2025

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

North Union Shaker Village, Louis Baus

Related Publications

Publication

Shakers of Ohio, Shakers & Kirtland

Notes

Image used on page 126 of MacLean's Shakers of Ohio