Ruins: Reed / Beidler Grist & Saw Mill
Berks Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: Allegheny Creek
Ruins: Reed / Beidler Grist & Saw Mill
FROM READING- 422 E. - Take exit for Rte. 176. After 1/2 mile on Rte. 176, turn right onto exit 3, Rte. 724 Birdsboro & Shillington. At the end of the ramp, turn left onto Rte. 724 east, towards Birdsboro. Continue for approx. 2 miles to traffic light at Rte. 568. Turn left onto Old River Rd. Continue 1/4 mile, past aqueduct, over bridge. The grist mill ruins and Beidler House are on the left.
The Reed-Beidler grist and saw mill a day or two after high water from heavy rains.
The rear of the mill ruins which consist mainly of just the standing walls.
The arched inlet into the mill from the now rocky millrace from the pond fed by the Allegheny Creek.
A view of the actual raceway as it leads to the mill, passes thru a control gate, then used to pass on into the milll through the stone inlet arch, which is still in good. These arches were strongly built. Some ruins have only the arch left of the mill.
The area of the mill and miller's house, built in 1783 as the dwelling for the mill operator, is also part of a Berks County park that includes the Allegheny Acqueduct. The acqueduct was built to transport canal boats over the Allegheny Creek on the Schuylkill Navigation Company's canal, built in 1824 by Ephriam Beech.
The bridge on Old River Road that carries traffic across the Allegheny Creek. The mill is on the left, screened in behind all the vegetation.
Close-up picture of the front of the mill as it faces the Old River Road.