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Sunrise Mill
Montgomery Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: Swamp Creek.
Sunrise Mill
South of Obelisk on Pa 73, travel 2 miles on Neiffer Rd. At it's junction with Swamp Rd., Sunrise Mill County Park should be in the vacinity.
![Sunrise Mill](/images/mills/Pa-46-26-03-Sunrise_Mill-jM-o6-22-071.jpg)
The 2.5/3.5 fieldstone mill on the east bank of Swamp Creek about 3 miles upstream of it's confluence with the Perkiomen Creek, has been undergoing restoration for at least fifteen years.
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This is the tailrace for the saw mill section, the water of which was then channeled back into Swamp Creek partway downstream toward the 3 arch fieldstone bridge, built in 1845, that crosses Swamp Creek just downstream from the mill.
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Very near, to the right of this photo, is the inlet from Swamp Creek leading into the mill to power both the grist and the saw mills.
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The 1845 three arch stone bridge over Swamp Cr. in the Sunrise Mill Complex.
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A fourth arch actually carried the tail race under the arched stone bridge through a smaller arch, in the photo, on Swamp Creek.
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The millrace from the dam to the mill (headrace) was built at one time by Michael Krause and his stepson, Yost Bitting.
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The dam on Swamp Cr. is right next to the mill.
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The 3.5 story stone/brick five bay miller's house and accompaning stone /frame Penna. Dutch bank barn were built in 1795. These also are being restored as part of the mill complex.
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Detail of the wooden pinned corner juncture fo the window frame.
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The 35'x65' grist and saw mill should soon be open to the public as a fully operational mill for demonstrational and educational purposes.
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The arched outlet for spent water from the mill is just below the 3 doors under the dormer sack lift.