Greenfield Stone Ground Flour, Produced at Loranger Gristmill in Greenfield Village, circa 1940

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1940

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

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

Greenfield Stone Ground Flour, Produced at Loranger Gristmill in Greenfield Village, circa 1940