Berry School's Old Mill

Berry School's Old Mill is a Georgia historical marker in Floyd County, dedicated 2002.

On Waterwheel Road in Rome.

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From the mill's construction in 1930, students under the supervision of a miller used the Old Mill to produce corn meal and food stuffs for the Berry Schools. The Republic Mining and Manufacturing Company donated the iron hub, while students built the water wheel. At 42 feet in diameter, this is one of the nation's largest overshot waterwheels. Berry's reservoir lake supplies water to the wheel. Gravity pushes water up the stone column and over the wheel, turning it. The Old Mill has been preserved as a testament to the practical training Martha Berry incorporated into her schools.

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1897 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · Rome, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1901 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1904 · Rome, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1924 · South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina, 1924, covering the location of Berry School's Old Mill, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina, 1924, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Berry School's Old Mill

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