Johnson Grist Mill
White Co. | Georgia | USA
Watersource: Stream partially fed by Blalock Ponds.
Johnson Grist Mill
From the square in Cleveland go 1.9 miles east on Sr 115 towards Clarksville. Turn right on Black Road and go 0.7 miles to Cooley Woods Road. Turn right and go 0.2 miles to the mill on the right at 424 Cooley Woods Road.
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The mill is in a very picturesque setting. Best pictures can be taken in the morning.
Visitors are welcome after a call to the owner. The phone # is provided on site.
Restored by Gordon Pfau, now owned by Ray Payne.
The mill and receiving pond. The feeder pond is uphill, behind the mill 50-75 yards.
Massive wooden overshot wheel.
Overshot waterwheel.
Waterwheel supplied with water, via the sturdy sluicebox, from Blalock Ponds along Sr 115.
Notice the gearing attached to the inside of the wheel.
A run of stones inside the mill. The runner stone has been lifted by the stone hoist.
The stone set in the center with a corn mill on the right.
The corn milling apparatus.
A sack from the White River Mill, Holly Grove, Arkansas, est. in 1859, the year Oregon became a state.
Log cabin on the property.
GPS: 34D 34.76'N, 83D 43.43'W ele. 1,453'/443 meters Leaf Quadrangle