The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 16th, 2002
George Washington's Grist Mill restored
Mount Vernon structure working after 5 years of research and engineering
Washington Post
Sunday, June 16, 2002
With a furious gush of water and a series of rumbles and groans, the giant wooden waterwheel began to turn, and George Washington's Grist Mill began to grind wheat into flour and corn into meal for the first time in more than a century.
Washington's Grist Mill, built in the 1770s on the president's estate south of Alexandria, Va., is open to the public after being fully restored following five years of research and engineering work by Mount...
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