Taylor Mill State Historic Site

Taylor Mill

Taylor Mill

Location in New Hampshire

Location| Derry, New Hampshire, United States
Coordinates| 42°52′32″N 71°14′21″W﻿ / ﻿42.875603°N 71.239217°W﻿ / 42.875603; -71.239217
Elevation| 269 feet (82 m)[1]
Administered by| New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation &
New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
Designation| New Hampshire state park
Website| Taylor Mill Historic Site

The Taylor Mill State Historic Site is a state park of New Hampshire located in 71-acre Ballard State Forest in Derry, Rockingham County, in the southeast part of the state. The site was created to protect the 1799 sawmill known as Taylor Up and Down Sawmill.[2] The site is located on Island Pond Road, east of downtown Derry.

## History

[edit]

Robert Taylor, an early owner of the sawmill, bought the land in 1799. The mill went in operation in the 1800s. It is unknown when it ceased operation. In 1939, the land was sold to Ernest Ballard. By that time, the original mill was scrapped, and Ballard bought a similar mill, which was disassembled, in Sandown, New Hampshire. Ballard and his wife spent two years assembling it and identifying missing parts. The most notable missing part was the water wheel, which he ordered from a company in Pennsylvania. In 1953, Ernest Ballard donated the mill and the land to the state of New Hampshire in 1953.[2] This 71-acre (29 ha) property became Ballard State Forest, and the pond above the mill is known as Ballard Pond.[3]

## Mill

[edit]

The water wheel is 12 feet (3.7 m) in diameter and 6 feet (1.8 m) wide. The logs which can be sawed at the mill can not exceed 10 feet (3.0 m) in length and 28 inches (71 cm) in diameter. The mill operates at 60 strokes per minute.[2] By operation type, the mill is an up and down mill, which is a mechanized version of a usual saw. This is an outdated technology, which was replaced by water-powered circular saw around 1825. Taylor Mill is one of the few examples of a surviving mill using this technology.[3]

## References

[edit]

* New Hampshire portal

1. ^ "Taylor Mill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. ^ a b c "Taylor Mill Historic Site". New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
3. ^ a b Heather Rojo (July 11, 2009). "Taylor Saw Mill". Londonderry News. Retrieved April 29, 2012.

## External links

[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taylor Mill Historic Site.

* Taylor Mill Historic Site New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

* v
* t
* e

Protected areas of New Hampshire

Federal|

| National Historic Parks and Sites|

* Saint-Gaudens NHP

|

National Forests|

* White Mountain

National Trails|

* Appalachian Trail

National wild and scenic rivers|

* Lamprey River
* Nashua River
* Wildcat Brook

National Wildlife Refuges|

* Great Bay
* John Hay
* Silvio O. Conte
* Umbagog
* Wapack

Other protected areas|

* Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

State|

| State parks|

* Ahern
* Androscoggin
* Annett
* Bear Brook
* Beaver Brook Falls
* Bedell Bridge
* Cardigan
* Chesterfield Gorge
* Clough
* Coleman
* Crawford Notch
* Daniel Webster Birthplace
* Deer Mountain Campground
* Dixville Notch
* Echo Lake
* Eisenhower Memorial
* Ellacoya
* Endicott Rock
* Forest Lake
* Fort Constitution
* Fort Stark
* Franconia Notch
* Franklin Pierce Homestead
* Gardner Memorial Wayside
* Governor Wentworth Historic Site
* Greenfield
* Hampton Beach
* Hannah Duston Memorial
* Jenness
* Jericho Mountain
* Kingston
* Lake Francis
* Lake Tarleton
* Madison Boulder
* Milan Hill
* Miller
* Mollidgewock
* Monadnock
* Moose Brook
* Mt. Sunapee
* Mt. Washington
* Nansen Ski Jump
* North Hampton
* Northwood Meadows
* Odiorne Point
* Pawtuckaway
* Pillsbury
* Pisgah
* Rhododendron
* Robert Frost
* Rollins
* Rye Harbor
* Sculptured Rocks
* Silver Lake
* Taylor Mill
* Umbagog Lake
* Wadleigh
* Wallis Sands
* Weeks
* Wellington
* Wentworth
* Wentworth–Coolidge Mansion
* White Island
* White Lake
* Winslow

|

State forests|

* Abbott
* Agnew
* Allen
* Alton Bay
* Ames
* Ammonoosuc
* Annett
* Annie Duncan
* Ashenden
* Ayers
* Ballard
* Bear Mountain
* Belknap Mountain
* Benton
* Big Island
* Black Mountain
* Blair
* Blue Job Mountain
* Bowditch-Runnels
* Cape Horn
* Carroll
* Casalis
* Chemung
* Cilley
* Connecticut Lakes
* Connecticut River
* Contoocook
* Conway Common Lands
* Cowden
* Craney Hill
* Cushman
* Davisville
* Davis-White
* Devils Slide
* District #5
* Dodge Brook
* Eaton
* Fall Mountain
* Fay
* Feuer
* Foster & Colburn
* Fox
* Gay
* George Duncan
* Gile
* Gilmore
* Goodwin-Chandler
* Grant
* Green Mountain
* Hamel
* Harriman-Chandler
* Haven
* Hemenway
* Hodgman
* Honey Brook
* Hubbard Hill
* Huston-Morgan
* Hyland Hill
* Kearsarge Mountain
* Lang Station
* Lead Mine
* Leighton
* Litchfield
* Little Pine River
* Livermore Falls
* Lord Pines
* Lovewell Mountain
* Low
* Marshall
* Mascoma
* Mast Yard
* Max Israel
* Meadow Pond
* Merrimack River
* Merriman
* Mt. Major
* Nash Stream
* Nottingham
* Nursery
* Opechee Bay
* Page
* Page's Corner
* Paugus Bay
* Percy
* Pine River
* Piscataquog
* Powwow River
* Prescott
* Province Road
* Ragged Mountain
* Reed's Ferry
* Rock Rimmon
* Russell
* Russell-Abbott
* Russell-Shea
* Saltmarsh Pond
* Sanborn
* Scribner-Fellows
* Second Presidential
* Sentinel Mountain
* Shadow Hill
* Shaker
* Shieling
* Sky Pond
* Soucook River
* Southeast
* Stevens Pines
* Strawberry Hill
* Sugar Hill
* Swain
* Taylor
* Totten Trails
* Upton-Morgan
* Urban Forestry Center
* Vienna Smith
* Vincent
* Wade
* Walker
* Welton Falls
* West Iron Works Road
* White Farm
* William Thomas
* Woodman

Wildlife management areas|

* Cornish

Other|

* Chandler Reservation
* Kauffmann Forest
* Lost River Reservation
* Proctor Wildlife Sanctuary
* Sheldrick Forest Preserve

* New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template