Mill Details

Bertolet Saw Mill

Berks Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: c.1810
Township: Exeter Twp./ Birdsboro boro.
Watersource: Owatin Creek

Location / Directions

Bertolet Saw Mill

From the West (Harrisburg area),take I-76/Pennsylvania Turnpike east to Exit 298/Morgantown, then take I-176/Morgantown Expressway north, almost immediately choosing Exit 1B for Pa 10/Reading Road north. Within 0.5 miles, turn right onto Joanna Road. Take Elverson Road right/east at the "T". At Joanna, turn left on Pa 82 and follow through Joanna Heights, Geigertown, Scarlets Mill, then a right turn onto Cocalico Road/still Pa 82 into Birdsboro. Continue with Pa 82 and turn right on US 422 about 1.5 miles north of Birdsboro. Go right on Us 422, then an immediate left into Daniel Boone Road (Route 422 is a divided highway at this point). Travel 1/2 mile to the site on the left, follow the signs.

Verse for Thought
"Your branches will spread with the beauty of an olive tree and with the aroma of Lebanon Forest."
({Hosea 14:6 CEV})
Bertolet Saw Mill
Jonathan Giannini 08/11/2008

This sawmill was built by Daniel Bertolet in the Oley Valley in Berks County, Pennsylvania circa 1810. In 1972, it was moved to the property of the Daniel Boone Homestead, where famous pioneer Daniel Boone was born in 1734.

Bertolet Saw Mill
Vincent Giannini 06/11/2008

Today, the Bertolet Sawmill is occasionally used for sawmilling demonstrations for visitors of the Daniel Boone Homestead. It was functional up to 1934 at its original location in the Oley Valley.

 
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