Saw Mill
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The second mill at Ruddles was a sawmill. The action of the water wheel turning the shaft was converted to the sawing motion required to cut lumber into boards. Cut lumber was in great demand as the frontier was being settled. Courtesy of Hopewell Museum.
This file appears in: Ruddell’s Mills
Ruddell’s Mills
Historical Marker #1462 in Bourbon County tells the story of Ruddle's Mill, one of Bourbon County's first industrial districts.
The location of Isaac Ruddell's grist mill, the "mill seat,"…