Example of Photographic Documentation of a Mill, Black & White Photos of the Machinery of Diller-Heishman's Mill, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Example of Photographic Documentation of a Mill,
Black & White Photos of the Machinery of Diller-Heishman's Mill, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.



"If only we lived in an ideal world,
where there would be more mill-rights,
and fewer mill-wrongs!"
T. R. Hazen, 1974.

Historical Resources are not renewable, unlike Natural Resources.
Once it is gone, it is gone for all time.
A "total extinction" of an Historical and Cultural Resource.
T. R. Hazen, 1982.

Photo Number-Floor Number-Item Number-Item Name & Manufacturer.

• Photo Number 1. "1/10." Product and inspection bin. Photo option (mill owner) William F. Foshag. For human scale, and important for historical record.
• Photo Number 2. "2/10. Double elevator wheat receiving separator, Wolf Company, Size 70. Photo option (mill owner) William F. Foshag. For human scale, and important for historical record.
• Photo Number 3. "1/11." Roller mill. Wolf Company, Standard double Style "A," No. 6399.
• Photo Number 4. "3/14." Central service hoist.
• Photo Number 5. "3/7." Reduction level sifter. Wolf Company, Size F-8-48 (245), No. 477. William F. Foshag (mill owner) standing behind flour sifter.
• Photo Number 6 "1/13. Wolf Company, "Break Roller - Force Feeder," No. 1140.
• Photo Number 7. "1/11". Roller mill. Wolf Company, Standard double Style "A," No. 6399, "1/12." Roller mill. Wolf Company, Standard double Style "A," No. 2720, and "1/13." Wolf Company, "Break Roller - Force Feeder," No. 1140.
• Photo Number 8 "3/10." All metal dust collector. Cyclone. Wolf Company, No. 6, and "3/11." Cyclone dust collector. Wolf Company, Size 363.
• Photo Number 9 '1/9. Bag packer. Sprout-Waldron Co,, "The Monarch."
• Photo Number 10. "2/9." Middlings purifier. Wolf Company, No. 2047.
• Photo Number 11. "2/9." Middlings purifier. Wolf Company, No. 2047.
• Photo Number 12. "2/3." Animal feed mixer. Robinson Mfg. Co., Size No. 21.
• Photo Number 13. "2/3." Animal feed mixer. Robinson Mfg. Co., Size No. 21, "2/4." Corn bin, and "2/7." Sack-boy (chute feed bagger) and Feed (auger) screw.
• Photo Number 14. "2/10. Double elevator wheat receiving separator, Wolf Company, Size 70.
• Photo Number 15. "3/3." Eureka separating and special close scouring machine. The S. Howes Co., No. 0.
• Photo Number 16. "3/5." Elevating flour dresser. Wolf Company.
• Photo Number 17. "3/1." Dust collector. Cyclone, The Knickerbocker Co., No. 4.3636.
• Photo Number 18. "1/5." Corn mill. Stone Burrs. Meadows Co.
• Photo Number 19 "1/nn." General interior view, items along exterior wall.
• Photo Number 20 "1/17." Large work bench, and "1/18." Parts shelving.
• Photo Number 21 "1/19. Potbelly stove."Acme Giant.: Wehrle Co., No. 20.
• Photo Number 22. "1/nn." Woodard waterwheel governor (hydrulic power unit not shown).
• Photo Number 23. "2/10." Double elevator wheat receiving separator, Wolf Co., Size 70.

Floor Levels of Diller-Heishman's Mill, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

• Floor Level 0. Diller-Heishman's Mill, Basement Floor Plan-The Creek Floor.
• Floor Level 1. Diller-Heishman's Mill, First Floor Plan-The Road Level.
• Floor Level 2. Diller-Heishman's Mill, Second Floor Plan.
• Floor Level 3. Diller-Heishman's Mill, Third Floor Plan.
• Floor Level 3-M. Diller-Heishman's Mill, Third Floor Plan-mezzanine.

Floor Level 0. Basement Floor Plan-"The Creek Floor"
(No photo documentation currently available)

1. Engine room.
2. Opening for auxiliary power belt and drive.
3. Driven belt pulley and main bearing hanger. Auxiliary power.
4. Service door to turbine fore bay and pit.
5. Turbine pit below.
6. Door out to cut-water and south wing of dam.
7. Process and storage bin.
8. Racks for storage of construction materials.
9. Clutch to engage auxiliary engine into main power distribution.
10. Control shaft to water turbine wicket gates.
11. Mortise gears. Bull and pinion. S. Morgan Smith, No. 455, 76 and 39 teeth, 2 inch pitch and 6 inch face.
12. Mortise gears Bull and pinion. S. Morgan Smith, No. 455, 55 and 25 teeth, 2 inch pitch and 6 inch face.
13. Hurst Frame.
14. Major east-west sub-foundation to transmit mid-mill vertical loads to earth. Limestone ledge.
15. Electric water pump. Gould. Shallow well.
16. Fireplace.
17. Elevator boots with belts and buckets.
18. Large storage area and crawl space.

Floor Level 1. First Floor Plan-"The Road level"

1. Engine room.
2. Auxiliary tractor engine block foundation.
3. Sink and cabinet.
4. Animal feed mixer. Robinson Mfg. Co., size No. 21.
5. Corn mill. Stone Burrs. Meadows Co.
6. Site of original burr millstones.
7. Control wheel. Wicket gates of turbine.
8. Mill scale with floating bin.
9. Bag packer, Sprout-Waldron Co., "The Monarch."
10. Product and inspection bin.
11. Roller mill. Wolf Co. Standard double Style "A," No. 6399.
12. Roller mill. Wolf Co. Standard double Style "A," No. 2720.
13. Wolf Co. "Break Roller - Force Feeder," No. 1140.
14. Elevator trunking with belts and buckets.
15. Middlings mill. Wolf Co.
16. Mill tachometer.
17. Large work bench.
18. Parts shelving.
19. Potbelly stove. "Acme Giant.: Wehrle Co., No. 20.
20 Parlor stove. "Sunshine Air-tight." Reading Works - Orr. Painter Co., No. 216.
21. Office.
22. Product storage and inventory.

Floor Level 2. Second Floor Plan.

1. Engine room.
2. Elevator.
3. Animal feed mixer. Robinson Mfg. Co., Size No. 21.
4. Corn bin.
5. Hopper.
6. Bin.
7. Sack-boys (chute feed bagger) and feed screw.
8. Elevator trunking with belts and buckets.
9. Middlings purifier. Wolf Co., No. 2047.
10. Double elevator wheat receiving separator, Wolf Co., Size 70.
11. Exhaust process fan. Wolf Co.
12. Storage room for supplies.

Floor Level 3. Third Floor Plan.

1. Dust collector. Cyclone, The Knickerbocker Co., No. 4.3636.
2. Elevator trunking with belts and buckets.
3. Eureka separating and special close scouring machine. The S. Howes Co., No. 0.
4. Elevator heads.
5. Elevating flour dresser. Wolf Co.
6. Disintegrating bolter. Hertzler Co.
7. Reduction level sifter. Wolf Co., Size F-8-48 (245), No. 477.
8. Bin.
9.Horizontal wheat scourer. Wolf Co., Size 640, No. 1559.
10. All metal dust collector. Cyclone. Wolf Co., No. 6.
11. Cyclone dust collector. Wolf Co. Size 363.
12. Overhang, false wall, and eaves.
13. Major duct work. Deliver and exhaust.
14. Central service hoist.
15. Elevator.
16. Site of former elevator.

Floor Level 3-M. Third Floor Plan-"Mezzanine."
(No photo documentation currently available)

1. North wall--exterior.
2. Dust collector Cyclone. The Knickerbocker Co., No. 4.3636.
3. Elevator heads.
4. Transverse support beams.
5. Scalper. Geo. T. Smith Middlings Purifier C., No. 3-1615.
6. Mezzanine deck and cat walk surfaces.
7. Duct and trunking manifold and distributor.

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