Tag Archives: Historic-Places The Cooper Grist Mill was built in 1826 by Nathan Cooper. It replaced an earlier mill built on the same location in the 1760′s by Isaiah Younglove. Today, visitors to the mill can watch the massive water wheel power shafts and gears that turn 2,000-pound mill stones as the master miller, in period costume, explains...  The Cooper Grist Mill was built in 1826 by Nathan Cooper. It replaced an earlier mill built on the same location in the 1760′s by Isaiah Younglove. Today, visitors to the mill can watch the massive water wheel power shafts and gears that turn 2,000-pound mill stones as the master miller, in period costume, explains...  The Cooper Grist Mill was built in 1826 by Nathan Cooper. It replaced an earlier mill built on the same location in the 1760′s by Isaiah Younglove. Today, visitors to the mill can watch the massive water wheel power shafts and gears that turn 2,000-pound mill stones as the master miller, in period costume, explains...  From Wikipedia: Kip’s Castle, originally known as “Kypsburg,” was constructed over a three-year period in the early 1900s by Frederic Ellsworth Kip and his wife, Charlotte Bishop Williams Kip. Frederic was a wealthy textile inventor and industrialist who also published several books related to United States tariff laws. Charlotte is credited for the design of...  This is a hand operated water pump next to Hickory Grove One-room Schoolhouse in East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The schoolhouse was built in 1856. I’m not certain of the age of the barn. You see these hand pumps every now and then at various places in the area. It takes you back to...  This Chester County Covered Bridge was originally built in 1854 and then rebuilt in 1881. In April 2006, it was moved from its original location in Marsh Creek State Park and reconstructed on a spot bordering a housing development on Graphite Mine Road just off of the intersection with Route 100. Today it provides a...  This American Sycamore tree found at the Mill at Anselma is listed in the big tree database athttp://www.pabigtrees.com as being 120.4 feet tall with a spread of 117 feet. It dwarfs the stone Spring House below, giving it ample shade in the Spring and Summer which is why the Spring House was built there. Back... |
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