gristmill

meal

Occasion for nourishment

• wheat flourMilled grain for baking
• cornmealCoarsely milled dried maize
• rye flourMilled cereal grain powder

buckwheat flour · graham · whole-grain · sifting · bolting · fineness · baker · bread · dough · stone-ground

wheat

Cereal crop for flour

• ryeHardy cereal crop
• cornCereal grown on cobs
• barleyGrain for malt

oats · buckwheat · spelt · millet · sorghum · kernel · chaff · bran · husk · bushel

waterwheel

River-powered rotating mechanism

• grindingMolar action sometimes
• hopperTapered dispensing container
• spindleRotating rod for thread

gears · cogs · shaft · pulley · chute · sluice · lever · burr · furrow · dress

foundation

Underlying support structure

• timbersLarge wooden beams
• beamsRays or supports
• raftersSloped roof beams

loft · chute · hopper · bin · silo · loading dock · stone floor · wooden frame · siding · roof

historic

Of lasting significance

• preservationMaintaining something's condition
• restorationReturning something to condition
• landmarkNotable point of reference

museum · colonial · antique · watermill · windmill · rural · agrarian · tradition · craft · artisan

waterwheel

River-powered rotating mechanism

• millraceChannel driving water wheels
• millpondDammed water powering machinery
• sluiceGated water conduit

dam · weir · flume · headrace · tailrace · current · flow · spillway · penstock · overshot

• Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
• historic buildingsfarmhouse, heritage building, landmark, cottage, manor
• New EnglandMaine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut
• old machinessteam engine, printing press, telegraph, typewriter, sewing machine
• pioneer villagelog cabins, cabins, general store, blacksmith, sawmill
• Pre-electric technologywaterwheel, water wheel, windlass, pulley, plow