Colvin Run Mill
by Greg Reed
Title
Colvin Run Mill
Artist
Greg Reed
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
c. 1974 near Great Falls, VA
Colvin Run Mill is in Great Falls, Virginia. Built c. 1811, Colvin Run Mill is the sole surviving operational 19th-century water-powered mill in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and its restored mechanism is a nationally significant example of automated technologies pioneered in milling and later adopted across American industry.[3] Down the gravel path of the park is the miller's house, home to the families who ran the mill. In 1883, Addison Millard moved his family here when he bought the old mill. Addison, his wife Emma, and some of their 20 children lived there. When Addison died, the family stayed and operated the mill until 1934. [4]
In the mid-1930s the mill was abandoned, and highway development caused it to be cut off from any near-by water source. The mill was later acquired by the Fairfax County Park Authority, repaired, and made open to the public.[5]
Civil War era
The Battle of Dranesville was a small battle during the American Civil War that took place between Confederate forces under Brigadier General J. E. B. Stuart and Union forces under Brigadier General Edward O. C. Ord on December 20, 1861, in Fairfax County, Virginia, as part of Major General George B. McClellan's operations in northern Virginia. The two forces on similar winter-time patrols encountered and engaged one another in the crossroads village of Dranesville.
Ord, leading the 10,000 strong 3rd Brigade of Pennsylvania Reserves set out west from Langley to clear the south bank of the Potomac River of Confederate pickets and partisans in Fairfax and Loudoun. At Colvin Run Mill, Ord left half his force to protect his rear and prevent his force from being cut off from their base at Langley. The battle resulted in a Union victory.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colvin_Run_Mill
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December 4th, 2012
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Reynold Jay
Hi Greg, We all like to see "SOLD!" from time to time. I bet the birds helped to sell this one. Well done and gorgeous. FAV
Greg Reed replied:
Thanks for the fav Reynold and great comment, indeed it has been over a year since I sold my last print!! Retirement would be much better if I could sell about 4 a month!!!!! I do not know about the birds, but it is a landmark in those parts. I now the man who did the restoration, it took him several years!!
Marie Gale
What a great image Greg...seems like the perfect place to spend an afternoon...especially today...it's minus 30 in Montreal!!!!! Have a great weekend!
Greg Reed replied:
Thanks Marie, it is +04C here right now! Snowed a 4 or 5cm last night here, will all be gone by sundown!