. In the 1890s, Anderson Etzler moved his floor mill business to be closer to the Western Maryland Railroad. WMRR is a privately owned and operated railway to get grain to market where the B&O or C&O rr would not build track.
Around 1904, the business was taken over by the Glade Valley Milling Company, and the 2 ½-story mill structure was increased to 4 stories. The Glade Valley Mill was the only flour mill in town and, during the height of business, a cooper was employed to make barrels for the flour and meal produced there.
One of the unique facets of the building is that all its walls were built with individual "one by's" planking.
It was hard to process this and not loose that effect. It is still a "work in progress".
Dan
Railway depot partially shown on frame's left in the last 2
Allynb wrote:
The color is a good match for the RR Boxcar red, that probably transported the grain for him.
Yes I agree and I tried to keep that intact to the viewer.
Thanks!
Dan
douter wrote:
They certainly build grain mills differently there than here, Dan'l!
Douglas
We have a varied assortment of mill construction back here Douglas. Most are metal like in the Midwest but this one "stuck out".
Thanks!
Dan'l
