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Here are some pictures of the first Nail Mill tour on October 21, 2001 followed by the second tour.  A lot of work was put into clearing and cleaning up the area where the old Mill stood.  The pictures below show the arches left from where the flow of water was controlled to perform the process in the Mill.  

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TOUR 2001
Tables for the Historical Society and a table with Nail Mill information and pictures.
picture of the set up tables with mill and society information
Arch below the dam used discard excess water.
picture of arches below where dam was used for discharge of water. click to enlarge picture of an arch during tour with people standing on top. click to enlarge
Another set of arches.  One big and two smaller ones.
picture of another arch. click to enlarge another picture looking through arch showing the creek in the back ground. clikck to enlarge
One of the tours by the dam arch.
close up picture of group having guide explain the arches. click to enlarge


NAIL MILL TOUR 2002

Because of Suggestions and comments TOUR 2002 was taken up another notch.  Besides the basic tour we added a nail making demonstration and Rev William Gettins reciting a poem about the closing of the mill..  The demonstration included a blacksmith forge making nails as they did before 1790.  Steel was heated and forged on an anvil to the shape of the nail.  The nail was cut while hot.  The nail was reheated and the head formed with a nail header.

IF YOU WEREN'T THERE YOU MISSED A GOOD TIME.


Telling the story of making nails. A picture of the nails made at the nail mill and an example of nails made by another mill. A group of people listen to the story and examine blacksmith wares, tools,  and nails made that day.
piccture of blacksmith showing examples of nails. click to enlarge picture of people looking at blacksmith display. click to enlarge.
Making the forge hot. A nail being formed on an anvil.
picture of woman hand cranking blower on forge. click to enlarge picture of red hot steel being hammered into a nail on anvil. click to enlarge
Todd Milano, Central Penn Collage President, getting a personal story.  You can always learn something...... Austin Willi in Civil War dress giving some civil war history during the  the nail mill time.
another picture of story of nai making being told by blacksmith. click to enlarge picture of person in civil war dress telliing group about connection of mill and war. click to enlarge