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10-22-2009, 11:47 AM
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Stationary Engine Grist mill
The Grapeland Texas (GO SANDIES) Peanut Festival was this last weekend, and like every year (even after graduating from Grapeland High School 16 years ago) I go back. There was a fella there (he has been there several times before) who sells stone ground cornmeal, and grits. He has an old grist mill and stationary engine setup on a lowboy trailer and he packs it around to various festivals, etc selling his cornmeal. The air pop of that old engine as its belt turns the gristmill is like music to my ears, and just like when I was a kid I have a hankering to find out more information and to try to acquire such a rig. The problem is when you start searching for grist mills you find tons of information on big honkin water wheel driven buildings that dont exist anymore, and even MORE information on newage newfad electric hand mills, but almost NOTHING on these old grist mill setups.
Anybody got any good information they are willing to sharet? GoodOlBoy
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