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Milbourne Mills
| Name | Milbourne Mills |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Ortsteil | Upper Darby |
| Straße | 63rd Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Mühle |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Sixty-Third and Market Streets. 1913: Silos für 450.000 bushels. Eigentümer um 1917: " Shane Bros. & Wilson Co." |
| Quellenangaben | https://www.delawarecountyhistory.com/documents/45October251913.pdf |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1690 |
Samuel Sellers kauft von William Penn ein großes Grundstück |
| 1757 |
John Sellers, der älteste Enkel von Samuel Sellers, baut die originale Mühle |
| 1814 |
John Sellers (II), der zweite Enkel von Samuel Seller, baut die zweite Mühle, eine Wassermühle. - Sie wird über 50 Jahre vom Erbauer und dessen Sohn, John Sellers (III), betrieben. Die Kapazität beträgt 20 - 40 barrels pro Tag |
| 1869 |
Vergrößerung der Mühle, Aufstellung neuer Maschinen und einer Dampfmaschine |
| 1888 |
Eine Erweiterung steigert die Vermahlungsleistung auf 250 barrels Mehl pro Tag |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Mehl |
1757 |
Beginn |
1913 |
Verkauf |
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| Bezeichnung |
Bauzeit |
Hersteller |
| Dampfmaschine |
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Rice & Sargent Engine Company |
| ZEIT | ca. 1910 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The Milbourne mills, yet owned in the Sellers family, stand on land purchased and located on by Samuel Sellers in 1682, although not surveyed to him until 1690-1691. He came from Derbyshire, England, in 1682, and later made additional purchases in the neighborhood, as did his sons and grandsons. He was a weaver by trade and is credited with having erected the first twisting mill in this country. His grandson John, born 1728, died 1804, invented the process of weaving wire cloth, and also manufactured Dutch fans. He was much interested in utilizing the water power of Cobb's creek and developed six of the sites along that stream and Naylor's run, which were afterwards used by his descendants. He owned grist and saw mills built prior to 1749 and operated in 1766 by James Steel, who continued their operation until 1805, when he was succeeded by his son, Thomas (2) Steel, who in 1814 purchased the Darby mills and moved there. In 1814 John (2) Sellers, who had inherited the mills, built the old part of the present mill and his son, John (3) Sellers, who had learned the trade of miller with Thomas Steel, took charge of the new mill, which was fitted with all the improved machinery of the time. John (2) Sellers in 1782 also owned a tannery on the Wayside farm. An oil mill also stood on the banks of a little stream which empties into the Milbourne mills race way, that was in operation from before 1800 until after 1848. The old grist mill stood above the present mill, and in 1820 was used for grinding gypsum. As late as 1830 Augustus C. Jones was operating the old mill, grinding logwood and spices. The new mill, under John (3) Sellers, in 1820 ground 8572 bushels of merchant wheat; 3366 bushels of grist wheat; 4367 bushels of rye; 3784 bushels of corn: 1168 bushels of buckwheat; and 843 of oats, making a total of 22,100 bushels of grain. In 1825, 12,000 bushels of merchant wheat were ground. In 1868 a large addition was made to the mill, and in 1876 auxiliary steam power was added to the turbine wheel. In 1878, John (3) Sellers died, his sons having been in charge of the mill some time prior to his death. In 1879 "roller process" was installed, and the output greatly increased. The year's output of 22,100 bushels in 1820 became in 1883 the great amount of 256,663 bushels of wheat purchased, and 53,125 barrels of flour made. The mills yet continue in the family, owned by grandsons and great-grandsons of the John Sellers who built the mill in 1814. |
| QUELLE | [History of Delaware County, Pa, and its people (ca. 1910) 334 ff] |
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