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About Tuthilltown
The original
Gristmill structure was constructed in 1788
by 18 year old Selah
Tuthill and used an undershot wheel to power the grinding stones. It is
one of three mills which have operated on the Shawangunk Kill over the
past 300 years. During the last two centuries the mill has undergone a
series of upgrades and additions. It is located on the old Albany Post
Road, which was for over 190 years the main route from New York to the
Capitol.
A classic wooden
covered bridge crossed the Shawangunk Kill at the Gristmill. Until the
railroad was constructed in the 1870's, Tuthilltown was the commercial,
cultural and social center of the town now called Gardiner. In the early
1980s, the mill began grinding Kosher matzoh flour which continued till
2003. The Gristmill is no longer grinding flour on a commercial basis.
Throughout the facility are the still functional pieces of mill
equipment, shafts, hoppers, grain elevators, hullers, blowers and the
original stone grinding wheels. The mill continues in “working”
condition.
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