Grand opening of the Terrace Mill, 1904. This is the third mill built on this site on the East Branch of the Chippewa River. A stone arch bridge was also built across the river at this time. The Terrace Mill and Stone Arch Bridge are part of the Terrace Historic District named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The St. Peter Roller Mills at the northeast corner of the intersection of Front and Nassau streets in St. Peter. This photograph was taken from a location north and east of the roller mills. Visible at left is the Power House, the city's light and water department.
St. Anthony Falls with smoke coming from industrial smokestacks in background (Flour Mills). Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
Large slabs of broken rock at St. Anthony, 1897. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
The top photo on this panel shows Waino Heikkinen, to the left, and Ed Tan, right, renovating the Palkie gristmill in the gristmill building at the museum in Esko, in 1963. The second photograph shows, from left to right, Andrew Maunu, Eli Juntti, Jack Holm, and Charles Anderson finishing landscaping work at the Palkie gristmill building and the Finnish memorial monument at the museum. The bottom three photos show the historical society members re-assembling the gristmill wheel in the gristmill building at the museum, again in 1963. The original spelling of the surname was Palkki, and the Americanized version is Palkie.
Photograph showing the exterior of a large three-story frame structure with a one-story addition to house the steam engine plant. Mountain Lake Roller Mill, was a flour mill, built in the late 1870's by David Hiebert.
Exterior view of the Hastings Malting Company in Hastings, Minnesota. The Hastings spiral bridge over the Mississippi River can be seen in the foreground.
Harris Brothers Forge and Rolling Mill began in the Irondale area in 1891. This mill turned bundles of scrap iron into large balls which were made into various shapes and forms. Seventy-five company homes were built for workers and their families near the mill. Ruinous fires brought the demise of the iron foundry in 1893.
Built prior to 1868 by Reid & Essler, it was first used as a saw mill. In 1870 it was purchased by Essler, Ahrens & Berndgren and tt was then made into a grist mill. Steam was put in to use as an emergency in case the creek got to low. Photo crica 1940 before the mill was destroyed.
A Grist Mill once stood where the present city of Anoka is currently located. This was on the east bank of the Rum River on the north side of the Main Street bridge.
Surging water in the Mississippi River, with buildings, smokestacks and the Phoenix Mill in the background. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.