Most of Delaware's mills were located along the
piedmont fall line, where mountain waters dropped quickly to sea level.
Mills along state's many rivers produced flour from
corn and wheat, brought from the rich agricultural areas of Delaware, Maryland, and
Pennyslvania.
No accurate map exists of mills located in Kent and
Sussex counties, but wherever a sufficient amount of water power could be found,
Delawareans constructed flour and saw mills.
Map adapted from Greville and Dorothy Bathe, Oliver
Evans: A Chronicle of Early American Engineering, 1935 |
