L. Young's Mill / Glen Gardner Mill
Hunterdon Co. | New Jersey | USA
Watersource: Spruce Run
L. Young's Mill / Glen Gardner Mill
Located along Business NJ 31/Main Street at 168 Main Street and School Street.
Grist Mill built in 1861 and operating by 1863. The Glrn Gardner Inn is directly acoess Main Street/Bus NJ 31 from thew mill/residence.
The 1873 Atlas of Hunterdon County by Beer, Comstock, & Cline showed a L.Young Grist Mill at this location.
Large doors today on the business end of the mill with no trace of a sack hoist remaining if ever any.
The view from School Street just prior to crossing the Pratt cast iron bridge over Spruce Run.
Looking back at the mill from the bridge on School Street.GPS: 40? 42.08'N, 74? 56.63'W 443'/135 meters High Bridge Quadrangle
Spruce Run taken from the Pratt Bridge. The headrace came off Spruce Run about 300 yards upstream from the mill.
The historic Pratt Bridge, still traversable by traffic, with the mill behind, barely visible.
The rear of the mill, where the external waterwheel was attached when in operation.
The miller's house, the L. Young residence in 1873, located across Spruce Run from the rear of the mill.