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The rock of which the ground floor walls were built was quarried [from the surrounding hills, the brick was fired on a kiln on the farm. The huge rafters, thirty feet long and eight inches thick, were hewn with a broad-axe. and it took one tree to make each rafter. The twelve inch th'ck floor joists for the third floor extend the width of the mill; thus each joist meas ures over forty feet. The floor joists ifor the first two floors are made of heavier timber, composed of two sections, jointed at the center line. All the timber used was heart pine, which is not obtainable now. In the original construction, wood en pegs and hand-made nails were used. All the original timber is still in the mill. Dnuhl Dormers There are dormer windows at both third and fourth floor levels. It has been said that tins is the only mill in the South which has two tiers of dormer windows. R J. Moren sold the mill in 1802
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