Let's sketch the historic Anderson Mill.
It is a working water powered Grist Mill and Museum located in central Texas. The full scale replica water wheel powers a grist mill that grinds cornmeal. Anderson Mill volunteers help maintain the old mill.
The original Anderson Mill was located on the banks of Cypress Creek, a few hundred feet below our current site. The spot is normally beneath the waters of Lake Travis, created by the building of Mansfield Dam in 1941. The mill had been in disuse since the turn of the century and had gradually fallen to ruins, but in the 1920s and 30s, the area was a popular place to picnic, swim and wash cars.
Every few years, the lake level drops below elevation 660 feet, exposing the original site. Archeological studies of the site were conducted by historian, A.T. Jackson, in 1948, and the University of Texas Archeological Society in 1963. In 1964, while the replica mill was being built, members retrieved a large limestone rock from the site, and placed it by the current mill pond. Many different subdivisions, roads, schools, and businesses in the vicinity of US-183 and FM 620 are named in honor of this historic mill.
https://www.andersonsmill.org/site-navigation/mill-history
Bring your hat, water and supplies and we will see you there!
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