Humbert Mill / Maun Mill / McConnellsburg Roller Mills-ruins
Fulton Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: Big Cove Creek.
Humbert Mill / Maun Mill / McConnellsburg Roller Mills-ruins
These mill ruins sit back off the east side of US 522 about 0.5 miles south of McConnellsburg on Cove Creek.
This mill was built by Frederick Humbert, Sr. sometime in the mid 1800's.
Part of the one rear side and the rear end wall have collapsed, as has also the roof, letting the mill succumb to the elements.
A slightly different angle on the wall breakdown
Closeup of the run of stones on the second floor, seemingly pushed toward one side of the massive timbers of the hurst frame that supported it during operation.
Some main wooden shafting with a large wooden gear with replaceable wooden teeth. Not really in the exact position in which it was during operation, it has shifted with the collapse of the end/corner wall and second floor beams.
Some more large gearing, with also replacable wooden teeth on one side of the union with which the gear would have meshed with the steel horzontal gear on the vertical shaft.
A view under the nether (lower) stone showing the steel shaft going up through the center of the grindstone.
Another view of the ruins depicting more line shafts, gears, support timbers that were mortised and tenioned together, then wooden pegged.
A second mill stone can be seen just above and left of the window opening of the leaning out portion of the stone wall. Just goes to show how important a good roof is to keeping the integrity of the whole structure.
The front of the mill, still the best preserved part, perhaps because of its position to the weather or because it did not contain the heaviest weight and vibration of the operating mechanisms.
The mill was also known as the McConnellsburg Roller Mills and was a "Manufacturer of and Dealer in Flour and Feed." David S. Maun was listed as one proprietor. By 1916, C. Maun lived next to the mill and was probably the operator. The present owner continues to call the mill "the Maun Mill".
*Update: David S. Maun was my great grandfather. Conrad Maun was his brother. John Calvin Maun, David S. Maun's son, inherited and ran the mill after David S. Maun. I'm not sure exactly when it closed operations. The Reeders are the current owners of the old mill ruins. Caroline Maun 07/19/2010*