Carroll County Birthday Celebration SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2008
2:00 - 4:00 at the John Street Quarters of the Westminster Fire Department, 28 John Street, Westminster.
(posted Thursday, January 03, 2008)
Carroll County Birthday Celebration - Run of the Mill: History and Archaeology of Maryland Mills
Join HSCC for our annual celebration of the establishment of Carroll County on January 19, 1837.
This year we are pleased to present James Gibb a historical archaeologist and adjunct professor in the Departments of History and Engineering at Anne Arundel Community College. Mills, driven by water through rough wooden gears and wide leather belts, fed Marylanders from the middle of the eighteenth century to the turn of the twentieth.
They supported Baltimore’s successful bid for industrial prominence in the Mid-Atlantic, and they linked the entire state to international markets.
With the waterpower provided by its many creeks and rivers, milling was a major industry in Carroll County from the beginning. An industrial survey from 1852 found 147 gristmills, 245 flour mills, 25 paper mills, 33 cotton mills, 43 woolen mills, and 188 sawmills across the county.
Gibb explores the history and architecture Maryland mills and demonstrates how archaeological investigations have revealed remarkable differences in technology among the state’s mills.
This program is provided through the Maryland Humanities Council Speakers Bureau. 2:00 - 4:00 at the John Street Quarters of the Westminster Fire Department, 28 John Street, Westminster. Free admission.
Please contact the Historical Society at (410) 848-6494 for information about the many events offered during the year.
For information on upcoming events, visit the Calendar of Events
http://hscc.carr.org/calendar/calendar.htm
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