![]() So, it's possible the Monitor Mills and original dam date before 1850.įrom the History of Jefferson County, L.H. Cook was listed on the Ellisburg census as a miller. Near the Reynolds home in 1864 is a residence labeled D.L. Reynolds died four years later and was buried in the Pierrepont Manor Cemetery. Many Martins lived within a mile of the mill. Reynolds, 66, is listed as a miller living among families known to have farms within a mile radius of Monitor Mills. ![]() On the 1855 New York State census James A. Within a few hundred feet of the mill, along today's Monitor Mills Road, is a residence labeled J.A. An 1864 land ownership map of Ellisburgh shows a grist mill along the South Sandy Creek at this location. The same year a dam was first erected across South Sandy Creek to provide water power for Monitor Mills isn't known. Historical references for Monitor Mills in Ellisburg show it was operating in 1883 and taking in so many bushels of apples for making cider that the owners took on an apprentice. It's believed to be the first breach of the historical barrier since it was last rebuilt by John Quincy Lee and Arthur Eugene Lee of Ellisburg in August - November 1904. The new opening across the top of the dam appears to be 80 - 100 feet wide. It pushed large chunks of ice into the dam spillway and cut off about 2 - 3 feet of the concrete spillway cap. After standing strong for 117 years, the Monitor Mills stone and concrete dam across South Sandy Creek in the Town of Ellisburg, NY, was partially blown out by a winter freshet sometime on February 21 - 22, 2022.
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