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Chittenden Mills
Historic Marker
Location
of sign - 200 Vt. Rte 15, Jericho, Vermont
Photo
taken June 2008
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
Chittenden
Mills
Named
for Thomas Chittenden, first governor of Vermont and great-great grandfather
of Frank Howe. Frank and his father Lucian
rebuilt
this mill in 1885 changing from grinding with mill stones to the new gradual
reduction roller process. Grain was shipped in on
the
B&L Railroad from the mid-west and the flour sold over a wide area of
northern Vermont. The four Tyler turbines were
powered
by the Brown's River. The miller's house was built in 1859. Until
1929 a Towne Lattice Truss covered bridge spanned
the
gorge on the site of the present footbridge.
Vermont
Division for Historic Preservation- 1997
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