Kymulga Grist Mill - Childersburg, Alabama
N 33° 20.050 W 086° 17.972
16S E 565187 N 3688552
Built over 140 years ago, this operating grist mill is undergoing restoration efforts to preserve the structure for many more generations to enjoy.
Waymark Code: WM5WHP
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2009
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Kymulga Mill is a working gristmill built in 1864 by German contractor G.E. Morris for Confederate Army Captain William H. Forney. Captain Forney died before construction was completed, but his wife allowed Morris to finish it. Union Army soldiers burned most of the gristmills throughout the area during the Civil War, but Kymulga Mill was missed. The mill was sold four times before being purchased by the Childersburg Heritage Committee from latest owner Edward Donahoo in 1988, though it remained in active service through many of those years.
Three water powered turbines ran the four-story mill, including lights, grain elevator and millstones used for grinding grain. Two of its five sets are French buhrs, thought to be the hardest rock in the world. Kymulga Mill continues to operate to this day, though under electricity, still making corn meal with its huge millstones. The building is now a tourist attraction open for guided tours. It also serves as a gift shop and park office.
Current Status: Still In Use
Current Use: Operating grist mill, educational, museum
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