Spofford Sawmill during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, September - October 2002
THF1036 / Spofford Sawmill during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, September - October 2002
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Artifact Overview
By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Digital photograph
Date Made
30 September 2002 - 28 October 2002
Subject Date
30 September 2002 - 28 October 2002
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.4581
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
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Related Artifacts
ArtifactSpofford Sawmill
Sawmills were among the first mills in new settlements, supplying lumber for people's homes and barns. Henry Ford had this mill built in Greenfield Village to house early up-and-down sawmill machinery. One of the large beams holding up the building came from a water-powered sawmill that George Spofford operated in Georgetown, Massachusetts, back in the 1600s.