Mill Details
Bentz Mill
York Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: 1825
Township: Washington Twp.
Watersource: N. Branch Burmudian Creek.
Watersource: N. Branch Burmudian Creek.
Location / Directions
Bentz Mill
Go south out of Franklintown for 2 miles on Pa 194, then turn left onto Mount Top Rd. Procede 0.7 mile and turn right on Bentz Mill Rd. The mill is about another 0.7 mile on the left just past junction the with Nailor Rd.
Verse for Thought
"The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of the Lord stands forever."
({Isaiah 40:8 NKJV})
Jim Miller 11/02/92
A smaller 30'x35' 2.5 story unpainted frame mill on a stone foundation. Once had an overshot wheel. Does have a small diameter penstock feeding it on the left side, rear. Looks like a barn but does have traces of the raceway. Now a private residence NW of Kralltown, Pa.
Robert T. Kinsey 02/04/05
*Update: Built in 1825 by Valentine Pressel. The mill continues to deteriorate. Robert T. Kinsey 02/19/06*
Location: (ADC Map #10, k 9).
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