Historic Savage Mill

Historic Savage Mill (HMCZ3)

Location: Savage, MD 20763 Howard County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 8.127', W 76° 49.582'

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Established 1822

The Mill "race" was filled with water from a point about a mile upstream where it converged with the Little Patuxent River at a wooden dam. The dam was destroyed in the early 1950's.

The water originally went directly through the "OLD WEAVE" building behind you and drove the looms, spinners equipment there and in the "CARDING" building through an elaborate system of shafts, belts and pulleys.

In 1916, with the construction of the "NEW WEAVE" building, the Mill race was diverted into the huge flume behind the cast iron bar screens, which kept debris and fish from entering the "WHEEL HOUSE" below. There the water passed through a cast iron drum 12 feet in diameter and thirty feet long.
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HM NumberHMCZ3
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Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 9:44am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 342148 N 4333395
Decimal Degrees39.13545000, -76.82636667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 8.127', W 76° 49.582'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 8' 7.62" N, 76° 49' 34.92" W
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Area Code(s)301, 410, 240, 443
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 8600 Foundry St, Savage MD 20763, US
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