Mill Details
Henry Clay Woolen Mill / Hagley Museum
New Castle Co. | Delaware | USA
Known Dates: 1813-1815
Township: u/k
Watersource: Brandywine Creek.
Watersource: Brandywine Creek.
Official Website: www.thebrandywine.com
Location / Directions
Henry Clay Woolen Mill / Hagley Museum
This mill is part of the Hagley Museum - located along Delaware Route 141 - Wilmington, Delaware
Verse for Thought
He whom made all nations is not willing One soul should perish, lost in shades of night. "O Christians, Haste" by Mary Ann Thomson
({From the hymnal - Sing to the Lord})
Philip Schmitz 05/15/1988
The old woolen mill contains a primitive Swedish direct-drive mill, a working model of an Oliver Evans mill, and various interior life-size diaramas along with many types of milling tools and equipment. Philip Schmitz 05/15/1988.
Ted Hazen 1988.
This photo was taken with the late (Emily) Barton and Bradford McGuire on a trip to the Hagley Museum. It shows the working model of the lage scale Oliver Evans Mill. There is also a model of a pre-Evans mill, a norse mill, models of different types of water wheels, and models relation to the gun powder industry. Ted Hazen 1988.
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