Bonneyville Mill, Elkhart County, Indiana
Bonneyville Mill is one of our family's favorite places to visit. On warm, sunny afternoons, it's a great place to picnic and forget the world for a while. It's a very popular place on holiday weekends. We would always take a picture of the kids standing on top of the old turbine in front of the mill, take the tour of the mill, buy some flour or cornmeal (for johnnycakes) and for the grand finale we would hike to and climb the observation tower. We used to visit at least once a year when the kids were small but as they grew towards adulthood, our visits stopped. I took a few shots when we passed by in 2011 on our way to somewhere else. I have been trying to work more in black and white lately. I was really happy to be able to work on this one.
I appreciate your stopping by and hope that this upcoming weekend gives you a chance to perhaps think back on your own good times in your own favorite places.
Mill Stuff:
Bonneyville Mill is the oldest continuously operating (over 150 years) grist mill in Indiana. They grind flour every day May through October. When it was built, it was it was as modern as could be for its time. Turbines were in the process of replacing water wheels in the new mills.
Take a tour and see the ingenious technology that automated much of the whole process from grain to finished product. The entire structure is a machine with one purpose.
After the mill tour take a walk through the beautiful park. Appreciate the natural beauty of the area. Look at the placement of the mill within the valley, the layout of the dams and how the flow of water is handled. It makes you realize the intelligence and skill of the millwrights who set it all up.
Bonneyville Mill, Elkhart County, Indiana
Bonneyville Mill is one of our family's favorite places to visit. On warm, sunny afternoons, it's a great place to picnic and forget the world for a while. It's a very popular place on holiday weekends. We would always take a picture of the kids standing on top of the old turbine in front of the mill, take the tour of the mill, buy some flour or cornmeal (for johnnycakes) and for the grand finale we would hike to and climb the observation tower. We used to visit at least once a year when the kids were small but as they grew towards adulthood, our visits stopped. I took a few shots when we passed by in 2011 on our way to somewhere else. I have been trying to work more in black and white lately. I was really happy to be able to work on this one.
I appreciate your stopping by and hope that this upcoming weekend gives you a chance to perhaps think back on your own good times in your own favorite places.
Mill Stuff:
Bonneyville Mill is the oldest continuously operating (over 150 years) grist mill in Indiana. They grind flour every day May through October. When it was built, it was it was as modern as could be for its time. Turbines were in the process of replacing water wheels in the new mills.
Take a tour and see the ingenious technology that automated much of the whole process from grain to finished product. The entire structure is a machine with one purpose.
After the mill tour take a walk through the beautiful park. Appreciate the natural beauty of the area. Look at the placement of the mill within the valley, the layout of the dams and how the flow of water is handled. It makes you realize the intelligence and skill of the millwrights who set it all up.