Chehalem Valley Mills
Yamhill Co. | Oregon | USA
Watersource: n/a: steam & electric powered
Chehalem Valley Mills
On Main St. (OR 240) 2 blocks north of U.S.99W(southbound) on the left side of the street.
Additional storage and separator bins had been built over the years. Dates and history are not known at this time. Part of the building is a western tack/feed store combination. Another part had been a used book store/exchange recently. The original building is about 30x40 foot, 3 stories in height of frame construction.
Watercolor by Richard Lawlor. Watercolor print used with permission from Sue Ellen Whidbey 08/09/2005. Contact sewhite@whidbey.com for purchase information. Copyright (c) 2005, estate of Richard Lawlor.
A photo to compare the difference in the mill with repairs and new coats of white paint.
The mill with the steel sided addition to the mill in the form of warehouse space to store feeds and to ship and receive goods required for production right from the railroad siding beside the structure.
A better view of the railroad siding alongside the warehouse.
The freight elevator used to raise and lower sacks of feed and other comodities from one floor to another inside the mill.
The actual pulley & cable mechanism used to raise and lower the hoist/elevator. *Update: Stacey Arnold's grandfather now owns the mill and her father is renovating the structure in 2008*
The truck scale on the south side of the mill for weighing empty and full loads. The truck weight is the tare; subtracted from the total weight equals the net weight of product.