Wyandot Indian Mill, 3.5 miles northeast of Upper Sandusky on a Crane Township road, in Wyandot County, Ohio. The three-story structure, was built in1861 with original materials, replaced the saw mill (1819), and the original one-story grist mill (1820) which the United States Government built to reward the Wyandotte Indians during the war of 1812. The present mill on the site was built by Lewis Rummel. The design of the mill is unique in Ohio because it uses covered bridge construction with cross trusses secured by steel rods and bolts which were forged on site. Because of this method, the mill is unusually sturdy. Rummel, in the new mill, used three water-powered turbines made by The James Leffel & Co. of Springfield, Ohio. The dam at the original site was removed and a new dam was built when the present mill was constructed. The dam today is two feet lower than the original dam because the Sandusky River level has dropped over the years. Lack of water prevents operation of the present structure as a working mill. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 10, 1970. (note: the bridge that is in some of the photos is the Indian Mill Bridge) GPS: 40.863270°N, -83.253700°W.
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