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Most modern mills use chips rather than logs and ridged metal discs called refiner plates instead of grindstones.
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The town's symbol is a grindstone, a tribute to the many grindstones that came out of its quarries.
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In the 19th century a shipbuilding industry developed, and the town was also known for the production of clocks, bells, and grindstones.
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He then taught school and then became a traveling salesman of grindstones.
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The mill in its most active years (1864-1890) ran 24 hours a day, using a turbine/waterwheel combination to turn the grindstones.
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The corn mill was modernised in 1910, with the wheel being replaced by a water turbine and the grindstones being replaced by steel rollers.
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They also started using roller mills, as opposed to grindstones.
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Industries included shipbuilding, farming, lumbering and the manufacture of grindstones.
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A vertical shaft beneath the millhouse connects the grindstones with a tub wheel turbine.
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The farm equipment included grindstones, a loom, a spinning wheel, a cotton picking machine, and riding chaise.
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