The Amos W. Woodward Millhouse, built about 1968 as part of the Midway Village Museum, is located on the edge of the museum’s Severin Lake and is a replica of an operating water-powered machine shop.

With no flowing water in Severin Lake to drive the wheel, electric pumps are used to deliver water to the sluice.

GPS: 42D 16.89'N, 88D 59.05'W ele 873'/266 meters Caledonia Quadrangle

A century ago much of Rockford’s manufacturing relied on water power to operate their machinery.

A close-up of the willows in bloom along the edge of Severn Lake.

In 1869 Amos Woodward, the founder of the Woodward Governor Company, invented a mechanical governor which worked in conjunction with a water wheel to operate equipment.

The mill is a replica of A.W.Woodward's Friction Water Wheel Governors, General Machine Works. The building was built with funds given by Woodward Governor Co. of Rockford.

One of several geese patrolling the grounds.