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"When highways were no wider than today’s bridle paths, the first good roads were built to the mills. Where there was a mill site, there was a nucleus for a town."
Eric Sloane, "The Mills of Early America"
Chapter 3: The Mills that Helped Survive the Community
The mills in the Wissahickon Valley Region were operated for nearly 200 years, and relied solely on the Wissahickon Creek and the springs that gave power and energy to run the mills. These mills provide necessary resources for people within the community and even for people from outside the community: grist mills produced grain for food; saw mills cut timber to make lumber for shelter; fulling mills produced fabric for clothing and blankets.
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To learn more about the Wissahickon Creek and Trails, visit the Wissahickon Trails website.
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