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Franklin County, Pa
Updated: February 3, 2022
General Information about the different pages on this web site:
Pages on this web site contains information and pictures of Irwinton Mill (aka Anderson Mill), the nearby Hays Fording Double Arch Stone Bridge, the Witherspoon "Red" Covered Bridge, working model of a northern grist mill and a working model of a southern grist mill. Web Site also contain information about the Irwinton Historic District and the Hays Bridge Historic District taken with permission from two National Register of Historic Places Registration Forms. Information on these pages is generally about an area on or near Anderson Road and the Conococheague Creek in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
Model Grist Mills:
The "Model Grist Mills" are based on Irwinton Mill (aka Anderson Mill) which is located on Anderson Road in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Rollie Anderson, a native of Franklin County and a descendant of Oliver Anderson, has built two small working models of grist mills. The first one is a southern style grist mill and the second one is a northern style, named “Green Rabbit”. It is a grist mill, roller mill, a cider mill, and a saw mill. It is all water powered with one water wheel. The model mill has been requested to be displayed at the Antrim Allison Museum in Greencastle, Pa., the Big Spring Heritage Faire, Newville, Pa., Lakeside Hall at Fort Richie, Fort Richie, Md. and Rural Life Days, Newburg, Pa.
Rollie Anderson (above) beside his first model of a grist mill (Southern Style)
These models were created based on Rollie's experiences living and working at Anderson Mill as a lad. Rollie is a son of Chester Anderson who operated the Anderson Mill for 55 years. He helped his father operate the mill as was the case for his brothers and sisters. When the mill was running a lot, he went down in the pen stock and helped clean debris out of the two turbines especially the small one because it ran all day making electricity and also ran the flour mill. He really enjoyed grinding cornmeal on the burr stones for customers because the aroma of the cornmeal smelled so good. In later years, the D. A. Stickell Truck came about every 2 to 3 days with a load of feed to unload. He helped pull the bags of feed up on a rope to the second floor. He ran machines that cracked or shelled corn, cleaned most types of grain, and ground all types of grain into animal feed for nearby farmers. His model mills contain the same equipment that is still operational in the Mill. He built both model mills after his retirement as a contractor building residential homes in Franklin County.
Rollie, his brother Harry, and Rollie's son Rodney were presented the 1995 Preservationist of the Year Award given by the Franklin County Heritage, Inc. for protection and preservation of the Irwinton Mill (aka Anderson Mill) at a dinner at the Antrim House, Greencastle, Pennsylvania.
Below are pictures of Rollie's second miniature mill with new saw mill and cider press (Northern Style)
Contact Information:
If you have older or better photographs, other documents and information and are willing to share, please send email to: andersonmccullohmccunefcpa@gmail.com
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Related Genealogy Web Site: Genealogy of Anderson, McCullough, McCulloh, McCune, & Humphreys families, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
This web site link below contains the Genealogy of Oliver Anderson and his related lines of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Anderson, McCullough, McCulloh, McCune, Humphreys) which is documented by Elizabeth Wolff's book "Early History and Genealogy of the Anderson-McCullough-McCune Families and Related Lines of Franklin County, Pa. Much of her information and more current information provided by many other descendants of Oliver Anderson is on the Web Site: http://sites.google.com/site/andersonmccullohmccune/Home
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Witherspoon Red Covered Bridge
Oliver Anderson Genealogy Web Site: http://sites.google.com/site/andersonmccullohmccune/Home
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