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Old Red Mill and Mill House

Old Red Mill and Mill House is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Old Red Mill and Mill House rather than just read about it. In short: The Old Red Mill and Mill House are a historic 19th-century mill building and residence on Red Mill Drive in Jericho, Vermont. The mill was built in 1856 and enlarged later in the 19th century, accommodating then state-of-the art grain rollers, and was a prominent local business.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

The Old Red Mill and Mill House are a historic 19th-century mill building and residence on Red Mill Drive in Jericho, Vermont. The mill was built in 1856 and enlarged later in the 19th century, accommodating then state-of-the art grain rollers, and was a prominent local business. The house was built in 1859, and is a good local example of Gothic Revival architecture. The mill is now a museum property of the local Jericho Historical Society. The mill building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972; the listing was expanded to include the house in 1976.

Description and history The Old Red Mill stands on the west side of the village of Jericho, on the north side of Vermont Route 15 just west of its crossing of the Browns River, which provided the mill's power. The mill is sited on the river's west bank, a short way south of the former site of its mill pond. The house is set to its west, and is separated from it by the access drive to the complex. Both buildings are set on fieldstone foundations, the walls of the mill rising as stone on the first floor and wood framing sheathed in stamped metal plating painted red. It is covered by a gabled roof, and has a square tower at the northeast corner. A shed-roofed wheelhouse projects into the river bed to the east, and the west river bank is lined by a stone retaining wall. The mill house is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, consisting of a main block with two ells extending to the north. The main block has a gabled roof with projecting dormer, as does the first ell, while the second ell is covered by a shed roof. Gable ends have decorative jigsawn vergeboard, and the front porch features turned posts and brackets. The mill was built in 1856 on an existing mill privilege by James Hutchinson. It was enlarged to its present form in 1885 by L.B. Howe, who installed then-innovate rollers for grinding grain. The mills products were shipped all over New England, and closed in 1946. The mill and house have been adapted into a museum and local history center by the local historical society.

See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Chittenden County, Vermont

References

External links Jericho Historical Society - Old Red Mill web site

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Old Red Mill and Mill House

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Old Red Mill and Mill House claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Old Red Mill and Mill House before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Old Red Mill and Mill House ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Old Red Mill and Mill House

In research: Old Red Mill and Mill House appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Old Red Mill and Mill House in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Old Red Mill and Mill House is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Buildings and structures completed in 1859, Buildings and structures in Jericho, Vermont, Gothic Revival architecture in Vermont, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Old Red Mill and Mill House outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Old Red Mill and Mill House matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Old Red Mill and Mill House?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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