Thomas Dexter's Grist Mill is a photograph by Christiane Schulze Art And Photography which was uploaded on December 17th, 2013.
Thomas Dexter's Grist Mill
Copyright: Christiane Schulze
History of Dexter�s Grist Mill
In the early 1600s the land, which is now the Town of Sandwich on Cape Cod, was... more
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Thomas Dexter's Grist Mill
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Christiane Schulze Art And Photography
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Copyright: Christiane Schulze
History of Dexter�s Grist Mill
In the early 1600s the land, which is now the Town of Sandwich on Cape Cod, was given to Ten Men of Saugus (now the city of Lynn). Thomas Dexter was one of those men. He built the gristmill so that the people of Sandwich would not have to travel far to get their corn milled.
In the 1800s the water wheel was replaced with a steel turbine and a second mill was added on the site. The grist mill closed in 1881. A growing interest in preserving the history of Cape Cod led to the restoration of the mill in the early 1960s. At that time granite grind stones, as had been used originally, were installed and the millrace, using water from Shawme Pond once again provides the power.
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