Article ID: CBB516510720

Upper Factory Brook Sawmill: Middlefield, Massachusetts (1977)

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The rural millwright of early America derived much of his technical information from sources very unlike the engineering texts and journals of today. At best, he followed the "rule of thumb" procedures learned in apprenticeship or found in manuals. At worst, his experience was his only guide. The Upper Factory Brook Sawmill was built by men using "folk" derived knowledge alone, and exhibits several flaws in its construction which reflect the problems created by poor communication of technical information during the early nineteenth century.

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Article Ted Penn (1978) A Comment on the Upper Factory Brook Sawmill. IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 61-63). unapi

Article John S. Wilson (1978) Reply to Comment on Upper Factory Brooke Sawmill. IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 63-64). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Theodore Penn
Roberta Wingerson
Robert L. Johnson
Joanne Ryan
Paul White
Thurston H. G. Hahn
Concepts
Industrial archaeology
Water power
Dams
Sawmills
Excavations (archaeology)
Millwrights
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
United States
Massachusetts (U.S.)
New Hampshire (U.S.)
New England (U.S.)
Haciena Buena Vista
Carp River
Institutions
Robbins
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
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