August20_2010

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Photos - Frames left and right: A wooden Buckshot water wheel that once was a part of the Keremeos Grist Mill but was replaced in the early 1900s by a more efficient water wheel. This old wheel now stands in the back yard of the Grist Mill Visitor's Center and Restaurant on site at 2691 Upper Bench Road.

Center frame: A wooden freight wagon on display beside the Exhibit Building, which was once the General Store in the Grist Mill yard.

Photos - The angles of the freight wagon that resides near the old General store, which can be seen in the background of frame right.

Photos - Frames left and right: The Exhibit building or General Store: The Grist Mill was built by hand in 1876 and 1877 with pit saw, broad ax, and adz by Barrington Price as a place of business. The mill and store were created to work together to fill the needs of local ranchers, native people, miners and travelers along the Dewdney Trail.Power from the wooden buckshot water wheel is transmitted through a series of pulleys and belts. Grain was first weighed then poured into an entry chute in a cleaning machine. A bucket elevator lifted the cleaned grain to the Barford and Perkins grinder, the blue colored steel roller mill manufactured in 1877. The Bolter separated flour through various grades of silk cloth on a hexagonal reel. The lower floor has an upright Eureka cleaning machine (a giant wooden vacuum cleaner) separating wheat, dust and chaff. In the center of the grinding platform is a vertical James Jones "New Process" stone grinder installed in 1881 and was considered to be the best in its day.

Center frame: A hand pump with a trough and water barrel near the General Store.

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