D. C. Clymer Mill
Berks Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: East Branch Conestoga River.
D. C. Clymer Mill
Turn north off Pa 23 at the east edge of Morgantown, Pa. onto Morgan Way. Go under I-76 and past Quarry Road. The mill is soon on the right in an industrial complex of C.U. Stoltzfus Manufacturing near the East Branch of The Conestoga River, which follows Quarry Road.
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A 40'X 60' 2.5 story stone/stucco mill almost surrounded by one story add-ons that comprises a welding/fertilizer co. Need more info and history about the mill. An additional view can be obtained by driving or walking up Willow Glen Road, the next right past the mill/welding fabricator complex
The mill and surrounding buildings are now occupied by Stoltzfus Spreaders, a company specializing in building heavy duty spreaders for wet lime, Portland Cement, fertilizers and other hard to spread materials.
The official name for the company is C.U. Stoltzfus Mfg. Inc. since 1968. The company began in 1945, as Broadfell Spreaders using the old D.C. Clymer water powered grist/feed mill. Another name early on was Willow Glen Industries.
Sketch of D.C. Clymers mill by Jere Brady.
Unknown photo supplied by Robert T. Kinsey 07/02/2006.GPS: 40' 9.65N, 75' 52.58W 535'/163 meters Morgantown Quadrangle
*Update: According to a drawing of the mill by local artist Jere Brady, the mill area was surveyed March 1783, the mill erected by Daniel Cunningham Clymer soon after, then bought by John Kurtz from the Levi Bull estate in 1857. John Died in 1929, and Charles Kurtz took ownership. Christian U. Stoltzfus bought the mill in 1940 and used the structure as a welding shop since then. Gary Lake, an employee of the Stoltzfus Manufacturing Co. 11/02/2006*