gristmills

grinding

Molar action sometimes

• hopperTapered dispensing container
• gearsToothed rotating machine parts
• cogsProjections on a wheel

sluice · chute · grain bin · quant · damsel · shoe · tun · cracking · sifting · hulling

flour

Milled grain powder

• cornmealCoarsely milled dried maize
• mealOccasion for nourishment
• branCereal grain husk

middlings · grits · feed · wheat flour · rye flour · buckwheat · oat flour · graham flour · whole grain

waterwheel

River-powered rotating mechanism

• milldamBarrier creating grinding pond
• flumeConstructed water channel
• headraceChannel supplying waterwheel

tailrace · waterpower · turbine · spillway · weir · current · flow · paddle · overshot · undershot

toll

Fee for passage

• colonialOf occupied territories
• pioneerEarly explorer or settler
• agrarianRelating to land cultivation

rural · farmstead · village · trade · craft · heritage · preservation · restoration · landmark · museum

• frontier lifehomesteaders, farmer, homesteading, shepherd, pioneer women
• millswindmills, watermills
• old industriesblacksmithing, ironworks, tanneries, shipyards, foundries
• farm heritagefarmstead, barns, farm tools, farmhouses, barn dance
• flour millingflour, grinding, wheat flour, flour production, stone grinding
• frontier relicsarrowheads, covered wagons, wagon wheels, log cabins, sod houses