Mill Details

Carpenter's Mill / Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill

Washington Co. | Rhode Island | USA
Known Dates: c. 1703
Township: n/a
Watersource: Perry's Mill Pond.
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Carpenter's Mill / Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill

The address is approximately 364 Moonstone Beach Rd., Perryville, RI. The mill sits south of US 1 on Moonstone Road. Located about one mile SW of Perryville as the crow flies.




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Carpenter's Mill / Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/14/2014

Samuel E. Perry built the first mill on this site in 1703.

Carpenter's Mill / Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/14/2014

Carpenter's Mill / Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/14/2014

In 1825, the water power was not enough, so the owners, the Waltons, moved the mill 500 feet to its present location.

Carpenter's Mill / Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/14/2014

Carpenter's Mill / Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/14/2014

Millstone

Carpenter's Mill / Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/14/2014

It became known as Carpenter's Grist Mill after 1874; when, the Carpenter family became the owners.

Carpenter's Mill / Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/14/2014

Another millstone>

Carpenter's Mill / Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/14/2014

The shaft from the turbine driving the pulley and belt that powers the mill.

Carpenter's Mill / Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/14/2014

The turbine, located directly below the shaft/pulley system from the previous photo.

Carpenter's Mill / Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/14/2014

The right sloped-roof portion of the mill contains the power train as viewed in the two previous photos and also seen here.

Carpenter's Mill / Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/14/2014

GPS: 41D 23.53'N, 71D 34.62'W ele 82'/25 meters Block Island Quadrangle

 
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