Noser Mill Site
Franklin Co. | Missouri | USA
Watersource: Bourbeuse River.
Noser Mill Site
From Beaufort on US 50, go 2 miles south on Mo 185 and turn off right on Old Noser Mill Rd. Follow about a mlie to the bridge over the Bourbeuse River. Walk accross bridge to the mill site
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A 3.5 story limestone mill measuring about 40'X 50'. The mill has various frame additions scabbed onto it or had since it burned about the year 2000. Not certain how much was left after the fire and or if it was restored, stabilized or torn away.
Archeological digs unearthed an 1852 tub wheel, an 1890 horizontal paddle wheel, and a Leffel steel turbine from 1911. More info needed.
*Update: A photo of the Noser Mill & dam from the mid-1900's. Leslie Hall submitted early 2011* A photo of the Noser Mill dam can be found at: www.panoramio.com/photo/41714169. The photo on Panoramio was taken by B.L. Arnold on 10/05/2010-he mentions the mill was gone then. *Update: The rubble left after the mill fire was cleaned up and leveled a year later. The bridge was also removed since it wasn't kept up. It is now private property. But the dam is still accessible via the Bourbose River. Melissa Scheer 08/25/2010*