Mill Details

Gunkle Spring Mill

Chester Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: 1793
Township: East Whiteland Twp.
Watersource: Gunkle Spring flows to Mill Creek.
Location / Directions

Gunkle Spring Mill

From King-of-Prussia at I-76, Schuylkill Expressway, go west on US 202 for 13 miles-plus to exit for Pa 401. Take 401 west sveral hundred yards and turn right on Moores Road. The mill is just on the right next to the road soon after the right turn.

Verse for Thought
"Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed and increase the fruits of your righteousness."
({2 Corinthians 9:10 NKJV})
Gunkle Spring Mill

A smaller 30'X 35'stone mill fed by the waters of Gunkle Springs. The mill was built in 1793 by Michael & Catarina Gunkle of a variety of stone types.

Gunkle Spring Mill

The mill once had an outside wheel, whether overshot, undershot, or mid shot or breast wheel has not been determined. The remnants of the wheel axle shaft is evident in this photo.

 
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