Ancient Ohio Mill Keeps Pounding Grain Through Generations
Clem Rice, 87, runs The Old Mill by Black River near Spencer and Chatham, grinding grain into meal for customers from Akron to Florida. He has tended the mill for 67 years, preserving a family legacy from 1822 as funds and people rely on its stone grinders and a turbine wheel powering the operation.
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The Old Mill and a Family Tradition Remains
The Old Mill powered by Black River shows buhrs from France grinding grain into meal and cereal. Clem Rice explains dressing stones and the mill’s operations, while recounting life risks from a fall and a past car accident. Regulations threaten small mills, yet The Old Mill endures, keeping a family tradition alive.
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