. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. Yeakei, Cabin (Sommerhausen), Stiix CHAPTER III. The First Mills. ^FFYnL early settlers quickly appreciated the possibilities%J^ of the many water courses on every hand. Town-sends grist mill gave to Mill creek its name. Potts cornmill utilized the Mingohocking. Rittenhouse erected hispaper mill on Monoshone creek and now familiarly knownas Paper Mill Run, while the Robesons located a sawand grist mill on the Wissahickon creek and the Livezeysand the Hinkles erected grist mills on Cresheim abundance and the good quality o
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. Yeakei, Cabin (Sommerhausen), Stiix CHAPTER III. The First Mills. ^FFYnL early settlers quickly appreciated the possibilities%J^ of the many water courses on every hand. Town-sends grist mill gave to Mill creek its name. Potts cornmill utilized the Mingohocking. Rittenhouse erected hispaper mill on Monoshone creek and now familiarly knownas Paper Mill Run, while the Robesons located a sawand grist mill on the Wissahickon creek and the Livezeysand the Hinkles erected grist mills on Cresheim abundance and the good quality of the water madethe Wissahickon and its tributaries especially useful to thepaper makers. It was on this stream that the first twopaper mills in the United States were erected. The Rittenhouse Paper first paper mill in the United States was erected in1690 on Monoshone creek, a tributary of the Wissahickon,by a company composed of Samuel Carpenter, RobertTurner, Thomas Tresse, William Bradford and WilliamRittenhouse. Rittenhouse was the most important mem- (36) The First Mills. 37 ber
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