<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I lived in the Centreville/Centerville mill for a few years in the late 1970’s, by which time it was a hippy candlestick factory. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The remains of a water turbine were out back with a good sized mill pond, but no sign that it had ever been steam powered…..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There had been a fire in the 1930s and the gable roof and upper stories had collapsed, but the lower two floors and tower were repaired and are still intact - not sure what it is being used for now - it had a long history of failed enterprises…..</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="3CF8B1C2-7D01-4969-B12A-0183C4D8B251" src="cid:538A4B90-E469-4B2E-A771-ED0C615FCB89" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 7, 2024, at 11:36 AM, Michael Thompson via Thursday <<a href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" class="">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">While scanning Corliss drawings we keep finding B.B. & R. Knight listed as the customer. This image shows all of their mills, and likely they all were powered by Corliss steam engines.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><span id="cid:ii_lzk0fqr90"><image.png></span><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Michael Thompson</div></div>
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