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For several decades the brick and stone south wall has been cracked and sagging or bulging outward. In 2005 it was braced to keep it from crumbling while funds were being raised to rebuild it. This photo album shows some of the work that was done and progress that has been made in the repair process.
1. In early March 2009 James Flory of Renaissance Stone Masonry, began to remove the damaged bricks and stones. AB |
2. Volunteers created a new sign at the mill. KW |
3. Harry Brunk Jr., above, a retired professional painter, sand blasted the rusty metal parts and spray painted the old press. KW |
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4. Fred Denlinger, above, a retired carpenter, volunteered time to build the frame for and install the sign in an old cider press. KW |
5. Shickel Corp of Bridgewater inserted I beams thru the 4 holes and welded the horizontal beam in place to support them. This structure and a similar one inside, held the upper brick wall in place while the lower cracked part was removed. |
6. In this picture, James Flory, the head mason, talked with two Turner descendants, Elma Collins and Jim Turner, and granddaughter Geri Crawford. KW |
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7. Jim Weaver, also a Charter Member and volunteer, removed more of the metal braces so that Flory could remove the remainder of the stone on March 1 |
8. Harrisonburg High School athletes who are part of the "Streaks Serving the Burg" club with their leader Chris Womack, cleaned the mortar off the brick for it's reuse in the rebuilt wall. KW |
9. Bricks were removed for cleaning, then relaid. |
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10. James Flory, owner of Renaissance Stone Masonry, lays brick on the south wall. AB |
11. The rebuilt wall as it appeared on May 13, 2009. AB |
12. Volunteers dismantled the steel supports after the wall was rebuilt in early 2009. KW |
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13. Jim Weaver, Harry Brunk and Sherman Zimmerman pose in front of the rebuilt south wall after dismantling the temporary steel structure. KW |
14. South side of the mill, taken December 2009. AB |
15. Gordon Shantz sharpened one of the mill stones in preparation for use in corn-grinding demonstrations. |
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16. Specialist Steve Layman, Gordie Shantz and Wilmer Hertzler count rotations to achieve the 100 rpm needed for grinding. |
17. Wilmer Hertzler reinstalls the housing over the stone while Gordie Shantz holds corn ready to be ground. |
18. Gordon Shantz and Wilmer Hertzler reinstall the grain hopper over the grinding stone. |
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19. Wilmer Hertzler turns power on to the motor that turns the grindstone. KW |
20. Logs and stones held up the roadway over the mill trace, with debris in the waterway. KW |
21. Committee Member Richard Martin and volunteer Matt Gerome remove clay from on top of the stones. KW |
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22. Matt Gerome loads stone on scoop for removal. |
23. Richard Martin removes stones from the trace. |
24. Mary Reitz and Elma Collins making buckwheat pancakes at the August 21, 2010 breakfast event. |
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25. Mary Reitz makes pancakes as James Turner refills the coffee maker. AB |
26. Ken Weaver, chair of the Preservation Committee, talks with mason James Flory as Marvin Slabaugh follows the conversation. AB |
27. Gordie Shantz grinding corn in the "Pony" stone. |
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28. Enjoying pancakes at the Mill breakfast for donors on August 21, 2010. |
29. Erma Brubaker signing the guest register while Mark Sawin looks on in the background and Ruth Stoltzfus Jost monitors the guest register. |
30. Mason James Flory (c.) shows the mill Dec. 4, 2010, to vocational technical students in a class he was teaching. |
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| updated Dec. 15, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
