Old Dutch Mill - Wamego, KS
N 39° 12.112 W 096° 18.076
14S E 733040 N 4342648
This historical marker about the Old Dutch Mill is located on 4th Street east of Ash Street in Wamego, Kansas. The marker was erected by National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Waymark Code: WMCAQ8
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/16/2011
Views: 23
The marker text reads:
Built in 1879 twelve miles north of Wamego by a Dutch immigrant, this old mill was used to grind grain into flour and cornmeal. In 1925 thirty-five team and wagons moved the mill to Wamego. Each stone was taken down numbered and rebuilt exactly as the original. A bust of Ceres goddess of grain is set above the window. The mill is twenty-five feet in diameter and forty feet high. Wind power has been replaced by electricity to provide a monument in action to Kansas pioneers.
Marker Name: Old Dutch Mill
Marker Type: Roadside
Marker text:
Built in 1879 twelve miles north of Wamego by a Dutch immigrant, this old mill was used to grind grain into flour and cornmeal. In 1925 thirty-five team and wagons moved the mill to Wamego. Each stone was taken down numbered and rebuilt exactly as the original. A bust of Ceres goddess of grain is set above the window. The mill is twenty-five feet in diameter and forty feet high. Wind power has been replaced by electricity to provide a monument in action to Kansas pioneers.
Marker Location: Pottawatomie
Year Marker Placed: 01/01/1973
Name of agency setting marker: Other (Please identify in marker text)
Marker Web Address: [Web Link]
Official Marker Number: Not listed
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