The Dam at Wood's Mill

Last winter someone asked me where the dam had been for Wood's mill at Deep River, and I didn't know. But I asked some other local historians, which led one of them to go find out — and come back with pictures.

Investigation and images by Dan Kleine.

This image from Google's satellite view is marked with the location of the dam on the south side of 73rd, just west of County Line Road.


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These photos show the remains of the dam.





















These photos focus on the sluice that controlled the flow of water through the underwater turbine that powered the mill.









There were two dams: the original one (wooden), and a new one built circa 1920 (concrete). We don't know if the new one replaced the old in exactly the same location. Dan intends to look for any remains of the old wooden dam when time permits.

From another local historian, we have these two photographs of the concrete dam dating to the 1920s.


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Images courtesy of R.F.



The second one appears to have been taken from the Lincoln Highway (73rd Avenue) bridge over the Deep River.