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IN OAK BROOK IS THE ONLY OPERATING WATER WHEEL GRIST MILL IN THE STATE, PLUS IT IS
ONLY OPERATING WATER WHEEL GRIST MILL IN THE STATE, PLUS IT IS ONLY ONE OF THREE AUTHENTICATED
MILL IN THE STATE, PLUS IT IS ONLY ONE OF THREE AUTHENTICATED UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STATIONS IN
ONLY ONE OF THREE AUTHENTICATED UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STATIONS IN ILLINOIS.
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STATIONS IN ILLINOIS. MR. AND MRS. GROWL I PRIOR TO
ILLINOIS. MR. AND MRS. GROWL I PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR WERE HARBORING RUN
MR. AND MRS. GROWL I PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR WERE HARBORING RUN AWAY SLAVES.
CIVIL WAR WERE HARBORING RUN AWAY SLAVES. THEY WOULD BE HIDDEN HERE FOR A
AWAY SLAVES. THEY WOULD BE HIDDEN HERE FOR A DAY OR TWO AND TAKEN INTO
THEY WOULD BE HIDDEN HERE FOR A DAY OR TWO AND TAKEN INTO CHICAGO.
DAY OR TWO AND TAKEN INTO CHICAGO. >> MR. GROWLY ONE OF THE EARLY
CHICAGO. >> MR. GROWLY ONE OF THE EARLY SETTLERS BUILT THIS BETWEEN 1847
>> MR. GROWLY ONE OF THE EARLY SETTLERS BUILT THIS BETWEEN 1847 AND 18526789 IT WAS A GRIST
SETTLERS BUILT THIS BETWEEN 1847 AND 18526789 IT WAS A GRIST MILL, GRIST BEING THE WORD FOR
AND 18526789 IT WAS A GRIST MILL, GRIST BEING THE WORD FOR GRAIN.
MILL, GRIST BEING THE WORD FOR GRAIN. THE FIRST FLOOR WAS THE MILLING
GRAIN. THE FIRST FLOOR WAS THE MILLING FLOOR THAT'S WHERE THE ACTUAL
THE FIRST FLOOR WAS THE MILLING FLOOR THAT'S WHERE THE ACTUAL GRINDING TOOK PLACE.
FLOOR THAT'S WHERE THE ACTUAL GRINDING TOOK PLACE. THE SECOND FLOOR HELD HUGE
GRINDING TOOK PLACE. THE SECOND FLOOR HELD HUGE GARNERS, CONTAINERS THAT WOULD
THE SECOND FLOOR HELD HUGE GARNERS, CONTAINERS THAT WOULD STORE GRAIN.
GARNERS, CONTAINERS THAT WOULD STORE GRAIN. TOP FLOOR HAD MACHINERY FOR
STORE GRAIN. TOP FLOOR HAD MACHINERY FOR CLEANING THE GRAIN BEFORE IT WAS
TOP FLOOR HAD MACHINERY FOR CLEANING THE GRAIN BEFORE IT WAS GROUND.
CLEANING THE GRAIN BEFORE IT WAS GROUND. AND THERE WERE BOLTING MACHINE
GROUND. AND THERE WERE BOLTING MACHINE UP THERE.
AND THERE WERE BOLTING MACHINE UP THERE. BOLTING MACHINE SEPARATED THE
UP THERE. BOLTING MACHINE SEPARATED THE BRAN FROM THE WHITE FLOUR.
BOLTING MACHINE SEPARATED THE BRAN FROM THE WHITE FLOUR. ALL THAT MACHINERY ON ALL THE
BRAN FROM THE WHITE FLOUR. ALL THAT MACHINERY ON ALL THE FLOORS IS OPERATED BY THE GREAT
ALL THAT MACHINERY ON ALL THE FLOORS IS OPERATED BY THE GREAT WATER WHEEL YOU SEE BEHIND ME
FLOORS IS OPERATED BY THE GREAT WATER WHEEL YOU SEE BEHIND ME HERE OR ONE SIMILAR TO IT.
WATER WHEEL YOU SEE BEHIND ME HERE OR ONE SIMILAR TO IT. WHEN HE OPENED UP IN 1852 THERE
HERE OR ONE SIMILAR TO IT. WHEN HE OPENED UP IN 1852 THERE WAS ALREADY A DAM HERE.
WHEN HE OPENED UP IN 1852 THERE WAS ALREADY A DAM HERE. TWO MEN HAD OPERATED A SAWMILL
WAS ALREADY A DAM HERE. TWO MEN HAD OPERATED A SAWMILL SINCE 1837.
TWO MEN HAD OPERATED A SAWMILL SINCE 1837. HE DUG THIS, IT IS CALLED THE
SINCE 1837. HE DUG THIS, IT IS CALLED THE MILL RAID.
HE DUG THIS, IT IS CALLED THE MILL RAID. TODAY WE GRIND WITH ELECTRICITY,
MILL RAID. TODAY WE GRIND WITH ELECTRICITY, BUT WATER IS ACTUALLY -- THE
TODAY WE GRIND WITH ELECTRICITY, BUT WATER IS ACTUALLY -- THE WHEEL IS NOT DOING ANY WORK, BUT
BUT WATER IS ACTUALLY -- THE WHEEL IS NOT DOING ANY WORK, BUT WATER IS TURNING THE WHEEL.
WHEEL IS NOT DOING ANY WORK, BUT WATER IS TURNING THE WHEEL. THAT IS THEN IS TRUTH SINCE 1939
WATER IS TURNING THE WHEEL. THAT IS THEN IS TRUTH SINCE 1939 WHEN THE CCP, AND WTA HAD TAKEN
THAT IS THEN IS TRUTH SINCE 1939 WHEN THE CCP, AND WTA HAD TAKEN THIS MILL, IT WAS ABANDONED IN
WHEN THE CCP, AND WTA HAD TAKEN THIS MILL, IT WAS ABANDONED IN 1924 AND TURNED INTO WHAT YOU
THIS MILL, IT WAS ABANDONED IN 1924 AND TURNED INTO WHAT YOU SEE TODAY.
1924 AND TURNED INTO WHAT YOU SEE TODAY. >> THEY BROUGHT IN ENGINEERS,
SEE TODAY. >> THEY BROUGHT IN ENGINEERS, ARCHEOLOGICAL ENGINEERS TO
>> THEY BROUGHT IN ENGINEERS, ARCHEOLOGICAL ENGINEERS TO DETERMINE WHAT MR. GROWLY HAD,
ARCHEOLOGICAL ENGINEERS TO DETERMINE WHAT MR. GROWLY HAD, AND THEY DUPLICATED IT.
DETERMINE WHAT MR. GROWLY HAD, AND THEY DUPLICATED IT. >>
BEHIND ME IS ONE OF MR. GROWLY'S TWO MILL MACHINES. IN THE WOODEN HOUSING ARE TWO
TWO MILL MACHINES. IN THE WOODEN HOUSING ARE TWO ENORMOUS STONE DISKS FOUR FEET
IN THE WOODEN HOUSING ARE TWO ENORMOUS STONE DISKS FOUR FEET ACROSS THE TOP ONE WEIGHS
ENORMOUS STONE DISKS FOUR FEET ACROSS THE TOP ONE WEIGHS 2,400 POUNDS.
ACROSS THE TOP ONE WEIGHS 2,400 POUNDS. BOTTOM STONE IS STATIONARY.
2,400 POUNDS. BOTTOM STONE IS STATIONARY. THE TOP ONE TURNS OVER IT.
BOTTOM STONE IS STATIONARY. THE TOP ONE TURNS OVER IT. GRAIN IS FED INTO THE STONES
THE TOP ONE TURNS OVER IT. GRAIN IS FED INTO THE STONES THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE TOP
GRAIN IS FED INTO THE STONES THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE TOP STONE CALLED THE EYE OF THE
THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE TOP STONE CALLED THE EYE OF THE STONE.
STONE CALLED THE EYE OF THE STONE. THEN THE STONES HAVE GROOVES CUT
STONE. THEN THE STONES HAVE GROOVES CUT IN THEM, AND THOSE GROOVES HAVE
THEN THE STONES HAVE GROOVES CUT IN THEM, AND THOSE GROOVES HAVE TOP AND BOTTOM, THOSE GROOMS
IN THEM, AND THOSE GROOVES HAVE TOP AND BOTTOM, THOSE GROOMS BECOME SHEERS, GRINDING THE
TOP AND BOTTOM, THOSE GROOMS BECOME SHEERS, GRINDING THE GRAIN, IN FACT, SHEERING THE
BECOME SHEERS, GRINDING THE GRAIN, IN FACT, SHEERING THE GRAIN.
GRAIN, IN FACT, SHEERING THE GRAIN. >>
THE BARREL LIKE PART OF THE MILL CAPTURES THE GRAIN, IT FLOWS AROUND AND FALLS OUT OF AN
CAPTURES THE GRAIN, IT FLOWS AROUND AND FALLS OUT OF AN OPENING.
AROUND AND FALLS OUT OF AN OPENING. EVERY FARMER IN THE AREA WOULD
OPENING. EVERY FARMER IN THE AREA WOULD BE IN HERE AT SOME POINT WITH
EVERY FARMER IN THE AREA WOULD BE IN HERE AT SOME POINT WITH THEIR GRAIN.
BE IN HERE AT SOME POINT WITH THEIR GRAIN. THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR GRAIN
THEIR GRAIN. THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR GRAIN GROUND, AND THEY WOULD TAKE THE
THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR GRAIN GROUND, AND THEY WOULD TAKE THE FLOUR HOME.
GROUND, AND THEY WOULD TAKE THE FLOUR HOME. THEY DIDN'T TAKE ALL THE FLOUR
FLOUR HOME. THEY DIDN'T TAKE ALL THE FLOUR HOME BECAUSE MR. GROWLY WAS PAID
THEY DIDN'T TAKE ALL THE FLOUR HOME BECAUSE MR. GROWLY WAS PAID IN GRAIN, IN MONEY.
HOME BECAUSE MR. GROWLY WAS PAID IN GRAIN, IN MONEY. >> ONCE UPSTAIRS WAS DITCH THAN
IN GRAIN, IN MONEY. >> ONCE UPSTAIRS WAS DITCH THAN IT WAS NOW. THEY MADE IT A
>> ONCE UPSTAIRS WAS DITCH THAN IT WAS NOW. THEY MADE IT A MUSEUM, THEY CHOSE TO USE THE
IT WAS NOW. THEY MADE IT A MUSEUM, THEY CHOSE TO USE THE SECOND FLOOR TO EXHIBIT OBJECTS,
MUSEUM, THEY CHOSE TO USE THE SECOND FLOOR TO EXHIBIT OBJECTS, TOOLS, THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE
SECOND FLOOR TO EXHIBIT OBJECTS, TOOLS, THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND AROUND LIKE IN A
TOOLS, THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND AROUND LIKE IN A BARN.
BEEN FOUND AROUND LIKE IN A BARN. THERE IS ALSO A LOOM, AND OLD
BARN. THERE IS ALSO A LOOM, AND OLD LOOM UP THERE.
THERE IS ALSO A LOOM, AND OLD LOOM UP THERE. WE USUALLY HAVE SOMEONE UP THERE
LOOM UP THERE. WE USUALLY HAVE SOMEONE UP THERE DEMONSTRATING, WEAVING, AND
WE USUALLY HAVE SOMEONE UP THERE DEMONSTRATING, WEAVING, AND TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS.
DEMONSTRATING, WEAVING, AND TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS. THE TOP FLOOR WHERE ONCE
TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS. THE TOP FLOOR WHERE ONCE MR. GROWLY HAD MACHINERY, THEY
THE TOP FLOOR WHERE ONCE MR. GROWLY HAD MACHINERY, THEY ARE NOW SMALL PERIOD ROOMS.
MR. GROWLY HAD MACHINERY, THEY ARE NOW SMALL PERIOD ROOMS. A CHILD'S ROOM, VICTORIAN
ARE NOW SMALL PERIOD ROOMS. A CHILD'S ROOM, VICTORIAN PARLOR, AND WE HAVE SOME
A CHILD'S ROOM, VICTORIAN PARLOR, AND WE HAVE SOME SPINNING WHEELS, AND WE HAVE
PARLOR, AND WE HAVE SOME SPINNING WHEELS, AND WE HAVE DELIGHTFUL CRAFTERS UP THERE.
THE MUSEUM IS OPERATED BY THE DUPAGE GROWLY MILL CORPORATION, A NONPROFIT CORPORATION THAT WAS
DUPAGE GROWLY MILL CORPORATION, A NONPROFIT CORPORATION THAT WAS CREATED SPECIFICALLY TO OPERATE
A NONPROFIT CORPORATION THAT WAS CREATED SPECIFICALLY TO OPERATE THE GROWLY MILL.
DEMONSTRATE GRINDING, AND OF COURSE, WE SELL ALL THE CORN WE GRIND.
COURSE, WE SELL ALL THE CORN WE GRIND. FABULOUS, FRESHLY GROUND, STONE
GRIND. FABULOUS, FRESHLY GROUND, STONE GROUND CORNMEAL.
FABULOUS, FRESHLY GROUND, STONE GROUND CORNMEAL. YOU HAVE GOT A LITTLE TASTE OF
GROUND CORNMEAL. YOU HAVE GOT A LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE IN THE PAST.
YOU HAVE GOT A LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE IN THE PAST. YOU GET LITTLE BIT OF A VIEW OF
WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE IN THE PAST. YOU GET LITTLE BIT OF A VIEW OF FARM LIFE.
YOU GET LITTLE BIT OF A VIEW OF FARM LIFE. >> THE MILAN MUSEUM ALSO HOST A
FARM LIFE. >> THE MILAN MUSEUM ALSO HOST A POPULAR WEEKEND PROGRAM CALLED
>> THE MILAN MUSEUM ALSO HOST A POPULAR WEEKEND PROGRAM CALLED "ARTISANS OF THE MONTH" WHICH
POPULAR WEEKEND PROGRAM CALLED "ARTISANS OF THE MONTH" WHICH DEMONSTRATES EARLY CRAFTS AND
"ARTISANS OF THE MONTH" WHICH DEMONSTRATES EARLY CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE GROWL MILAN MUSEUM CALL (630)655-2090 OR LOG ON TO THEIR
GROWL MILAN MUSEUM CALL (630)655-2090 OR LOG ON TO THEIR WEB SITE AT WWW.GROWLMILL.ORG.