Flip to The millstone furniture with corn in the hopper, The Mill at Anselma, West Pikeland, PA, 2009.Close Window
Credit: The Mill at Anselma Preservation and Educational Trust, Inc.
Still operating, the Mill at Anselma's restored colonial wooden gear works converts the rotational speed of the water wheel-which turns at around eight revolutions per minute-to the speed necessary to drive the millstones at around ninety revolutions per minute. The gears, both large and small, also change the direction of rotation from the vertical water wheel to the horizontal millstones.
