Ray D’Alessio takes us on a visit to Talbot County for an inside look at a Georgia icon. A fully operational water powered gristmill, and the man who's kept the stones grinding for nearly a century.
You are one lucky man mike to have such a great connection to your and your ancestors history still the way it was so long ago. Thanks for keeping it original and sharing it with us.
Hamburg State Park in Washington County has an operational mill. The "Friends of Hamburg" operate it a few times a year and sell the products. I assume that is the other operational water-powered one in Georgia.
75 years ago there were dozens of these mills all over here, every little stream that could support a mill had one. The big corporations and mega ag put them out of business. Too many environmental regulations now to build a dam.