Greenfield Stone Ground Flour, Produced at Loranger Gristmill in Greenfield Village, circa 1940
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Loranger Gristmill is set up to grind corn and wheat. It incorporates a sophisticated conveyor system developed by Oliver Evans in the late 1700s. Here, cleaned grain falls through a vertical chute, filling a hopper positioned above two millstones, where it will be ground.
Loranger Gristmill is set up to grind corn and wheat. It incorporates a sophisticated conveyor system developed by Oliver Evans in the late 1700s. Here, cleaned grain falls through a vertical chute, filling a hopper positioned above two millstones, where it will be ground.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1940
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Relocated buildings and structures
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.1951
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 8.625 in
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