Middleton Place Working Millstone Exhibit - Charleston, South Carolina
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member DougK
N 32° 53.940 W 080° 08.230
17S E 580695 N 3640420
At Middleton Place, there is an exhibit area with active working shops used on the plantation. A hand-turned millstone enables visitors to operate a millstone and grind some corn flour.
Waymark Code: WMKPJC
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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Middleton Place has an exhibit area where the crafts of of the past are performed to show current day visitors what was needed to keep a plantation working. There is a blacksmith shop, a candle and soap making shop, a textile spinning shop, a carpentry and coopering shop, pottery wheels and a grain milling shop.

At the grain milling area, there are two functioning millstones, where visitors can turn the millstone by hand using a lever and grind some corn into flour.

In addition, there are more old millstones on display nearby.

Type of mill: Other

What did this millstone make?: corn flour

Status of Stone: In Active Mill

Website containing relating information: Not listed
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