Mill Details

D.D.Fritch Milling Co. / Keystone Roller Mills

Lehigh Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: 1876
Township: Lower Macungie Twp.
Watersource: Mill Creek.

Location / Directions

D.D.Fritch Milling Co. / Keystone Roller Mills

In Macungie about 400yards south of Main Street/Pa 100 on the right side of Race Street along the Railroad tracks.

Verse for Thought
"I know what you are like! But I will heal you, lead you,and give you comfort, until those who are mourning start singing my praises."
({Isaiah 57:18 CEV})
D.D.Fritch Milling Co. / Keystone Roller Mills
Jim Miller 06/30/2007

The mill was built in 1876 by David & Nathan Fritch as an expansion of their busines started in an old grist mill built by Harrison Miller in 1813 on the other side of Main St.

D.D.Fritch Milling Co. / Keystone Roller Mills
Jim Miller 06/30/2007

The old mill was a frame structure torn down in 1890. This building has been remodeled several times to keep up with competition in the milling industry.

D.D.Fritch Milling Co. / Keystone Roller Mills
Jim Miller 06/30/2007

The mill was operated up into the early 1960's by Fritch descendents. Large silos and elevators were capable of storing 100,000 bushels of grain, a capacity in later years used by ConAgra for storage.

D.D.Fritch Milling Co. / Keystone Roller Mills
Jim Miller 06/30/2007

The rear of the main mill building, close to where the millrace used to enter the mill. The old mill structure was for a time, a fertilizer mixing facility, as well as many other businesses in the last part of the 20th century.

D.D.Fritch Milling Co. / Keystone Roller Mills
Jim Miller 06/30/2007

The part of the millrace between the two sets of steps.

D.D.Fritch Milling Co. / Keystone Roller Mills
Jim Miller 06/30/2007

Today, the mill is still functioning as the home of an automotive parts company, Automotive Service Solutions. Some of the many additions have been removed.

 
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