Cement Mill Sign, Berlin
PhotographerPhotographed by
Idabelle Lindsly Tatro
Date1925
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 1/8 x 3 9/16in. (13 x 9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Wendell H. Tatro
DescriptionWooden sign reads: "Cement / Mill / Site of / First Cement Mill / in United States / 1829."
Object number1977.92.297
InscribedOn verso: "Picture taken by / Idabelle Lindsley (Tatro) / in 1925./ Hezekiah Winchell came from / Windsor, Conn. to Kensington (or E. Berlin or Berlin) and built / what was known as Steelyard / Shop Pond. His mill for grinding flour and latter [sic] they added / the Cement Mill on the same / place it was on the edge / of Sabbethe [sic] River but / the Cement Mill was started / by the son of a new owner named / Roswell Moore who also / invented a way to remove all / the hull of the corn."NotesSubject Note: Steelyard Shop Pond is on the Mattabesset River. Part of the Mattabesset River is called the Sebethe River.On View
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