Millport Roller Mill
Lancaster Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: Lititz Run.
Millport Roller Mill
Five miles SE of Akron, Pa. make an angled right turn from Pa 272 onto Pa 722, a couple hundred yards north of US 222. Turn right on Becker Road after 0.25 miles, go about 1.5 miles, turn left on E. Millport Road. The mill is on the right in less than a half mile, after passing Warwick Road junction on the right.
A saw mill was listed for sale by Joseph Musser in 1816, and a 3 story stone grist mill & saw mill, 40'X 50', was offered for sale in 1822 in the new community of Millport.
The mill was acquired in the 1820's by Jacob Weis, Samuel Fry becoming the recipient in 1862 since he had married Weis' daughter. C. Neff ran the mill in 1875. The mill was rebuilt in 1892, utilizing some of the original foundations, by S. Goffroth.
The rebuilt mill is a 60'X 80' structure 2.5 stories frame with a stone foundation. Purchased in 1902 by Wallace Zook, then owned by Elmer L. Zook in 1932, J.R. Zook in 1994. Currently operating as part of J.M. Hoober Co., Stocker Feed Division.
The flour & grist mill was fed by the waters of Lititz Run, dropping 12' from the dam as it traveled through the 1700' headrace, a 2500' tailrace returned the water after turning the two turbines to produce 50 barrels/day of flour.