Old Mill at Berry College
by Ben Prepelka
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Old Mill at Berry College
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Ben Prepelka
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Berry College, a four-year private college, is best known among photographers and grist mill aficionados for its old mill. Featured as the trademark for Southeastern Mills, the grist mill at Berry College was built in 1930. One of the most popular mill settings in the South, the mill's most prominent feature is its huge overshot millwheel. One of the largest in the world, the wheel measures 42 feet in diameter and three feet in width. As a school project, college students built the extra-large wooden wheel and the stone millhouse. As part of their education, students directed water to the wheel from the Berry Reservoir above. Water was ingeniously gravity fed up a stone tower and directed onto the overshot wheel. The mill was operated by Greenberry G. Goodson, producing cornmeal, grits and wheat flour, which were locally grown at the college.
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August 18th, 2015
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Murray Rudd
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HH Photography of Florida
Congratulations Ben! Your excellent photo has been featured on the homepage of the Showcasing The South group. L
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