Mill Details

Charles Hedrick Grist Mill

Montgomery Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: u/k
Township: Lower Salford Twp.
Watersource: Skippack Creek.
Location / Directions

Charles Hedrick Grist Mill

From Main St./Pa 63/Sumneytown Pike in Mainland, turn northeast on Freed Road, go about 0.8 mile, continue left on Yoder Road for 0.6 mile, turn right on Fretz Road, go under I-476 and turn right on Cassell Road, go about 0.6 mile to the mill on the left (dead end-bridge is out).

Verse for Thought
"The Law of the Lord is perfect; it gives us new life. His teachings last forever, and they give wisdom to ordinary people."
({Psalm 19:7 CEV})
Charles Hedrick Grist Mill
Jim Miller 06/16/2007

A residence built on part or all of the foundations of the Hedrick Grist Mill.

Charles Hedrick Grist Mill
Jim Miller 06/16/2007

The original mill race appears to have branched off the Skippack Creek upstream, and approached the mill from the right side above & behind the mill as pictured.

Charles Hedrick Grist Mill
Jim MIller 06/16/2007

The termination of the former bridge across Skippack Creek. The bridge was a small steel acrh bridge.

Charles Hedrick Grist Mill
Jim Miller 06/16/2007

The obvious tailrace across Cassell Road from the mill, is now channeled under a neighboring driveway then continues in the picture below to reenter the Skippack creek just southeast of the old bridge abutments.

Charles Hedrick Grist Mill
Jim Miller 06/16/2007

The continuation of the tailrace prior to emptying into the Skippack Creek.

Charles Hedrick Grist Mill
Jim Miller 06/16/2007

More information is needed for this little gem now someones home.

 
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