• Long Islands Old Mills

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    Built in 1895 to supply water to the Powell Estate in Sayville this windmill was moved twice. In 1914 it was moved to the Udell farm in Bohemia and in the early
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    The Corwith Windmill was built in Sag Harbor in 1800, moved in 1813 to the Water Mill Village Green and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is
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    In 1644, Edward Howell built a mill on 40 acres of land near Southampton for people to grind their grain into meal. It became a landmark. By the 1800s, the area was known
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    In 1820, Samuel Cox finished construction of a "Tidal Mill" at Mattituck Inlet. It took five years to complete the dam, mill, and gates. The incoming tide
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    Samuel Schellinger began building the Pantigo Windmill on Mill Hill for Huntting Miller in March 1804. The Mill Hill had been built up from a natural rise in 1729
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    The mill was built on the Connetquot River sometime around 1750 by William Nicoll I. It was used by local farmers to grind wheat and corn and was functional until 1878. It is one of few horizontal wheel
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    The Stony Brook Grist Mill was built in 1751 by Adam Smith. The original Grist Mill was built in 1699. They built a second one because the first one got washed away in a flood. The
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    The history of this mill begins in 1802 when the Phillips brothers, early settlers of Speonk sold the land at the head of the Speonk River to Jonathan and Enoch Jagger. The pair then purchased two additional land parcels
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