The limestone mill was built in 1817 by Michael Kline Jr. It may have been built as early as 1813, but first showed up on tax records in 1817. The mill was aquired by Joseph Kline, Michael's brother, upon Michael's death in 1849. One source stated the mill was 4.5 stories and 75'X 100' in size. This definitely wasn't the mill seen in 1983. The mill used an internal overshot wheel fed by the waters of Hammer Creek 1300' upstream where the waters of the dam had an 8' head over the wheel. A 2000' tailrace returned the water to the creek. Production peaked at 12 barrels of flour/day. Besides being a flour, grist and sawmill, it was also a distillery, probably a cider mill.

The 40' X 60' mill of 3.5 stories with an added sawmill was listed under the ownership of George Flory in 1864. A. B. Snyder purchased the concern in 1870, Edward Seibert in 1883, and Edward Kreider in the later 1890's. In 1898, Aaron Spoyd owned and ran the mill, only to be replaced as owner by D. L. Kreider in 1899, and Katie Spoyd in 1900. The mill was closed in 1910 by then owner/operator Jacob Raybold(Rabold). The mill was vacant in 1969, vacant or used for storage on the Zimmerman Farm in 1983, and gone altogether in 1992. The roof was starting to cave in in the middle of the span already in 1983.

Permission given by Robert G. Neuhauser in 2010.GPS: 40' 10.98'N, 76' 15.81 W ele. 341'/104 meters Harrisburg Quadrangle

Permission given by Robert G. Neuhauser in 2010. This view is from the creekside up through the meadow.