Ruins of Stone Gristmill, 1898

Photograph

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Shaker Historical Society

Baus caption: Ruins of the stone grist mill in 1898

Baus caption: Ruins of the stone grist mill in 1898

Name/Title

Ruins of Stone Gristmill, 1898

Entry/Object ID

082.1931 Bau.55

Tags

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

Description

Plate 55 from from Shakers & Kirtland by Louis Baus showing the ruins of 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 Entries

Notes

See 2024.3.147.1

Related Publications

Publication

Shakers of Ohio, Shakers and Kirtland

Notes

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