Red Mill
by Ben Prepelka
Title
Red Mill
Artist
Ben Prepelka
Medium
Photograph
Description
Entrepreneur Ralph Hunt completed the finishing touches on his Hunterdon County woolen mill in 1810. The mill seat, located in northwestern New Jersey, was perched along a branch of the Raritan River. The dammed up river provided the mill with a steady flow of raw power, feeding an undershot wheel from the millrace. Although the mill put the town's people to work, Hunt's enterprise proved unprofitable over the years. Hunt eventually defaulted on his loan and lost all the family's property on both sides of the river. A string of subsequent owners, branching out into numerous mill operations, continued to struggle to prove the mill a success. Businesses varied from milling flour to grinding graphite and talc.
Today, the Red Mill Museum Village occupies the site were Spruce Run joins the Raritan River. This peaceful area is the perfect place for the museum's special events and programs. Along with concerts and week-long music-fests, the mill itself offers a collection of 40,000 agricultural and industrial artifacts. Along with the mill, the ten acre village includes a general store, blacksmith shop, a replica log cabin, schoolhouse, quarry stone crusher, and the quarry office.
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January 30th, 2017
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Comments (12)
Linda Unger
Oh the reflection is amazing! Love the reds! Love how this looks! FAV! I've been in Arizona for 10 days! I have a lot of catching up to do!
Wes Iversen
Excellent clarity on the mill and the red pops beautifully out of the dark tones of the surrounds, Ben! Great composition and I really like the reflection too! L/F
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful landscape photo of a historic Red Mill along a river, with great reflections, colors, light, perspective and composition, Ben! F/L