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A primitive stone mill used for grinding wheat. The stones are granite; the wooden pulley was used for driving the mill by water power. The grinder was originally supported by a wooden frame; the grain was fed in at the top and was pulverized by passing between the two stones, as the upper one revolved. This mill is at least 300 years old. Mill-stones, though immortalized in story and used in all mills until recent years, have now given way to the steel roller mill.
