By GLYNIS HART reporter@eagletimes.com
December 15, 2018
ALSTEAD - Speeding around a corner of Camp Brook Road in Alstead, passing motorists fly over a bridge they may not even notice, past an old building sporting a newly painted sign. But below that bridge runs a swift and noisy stream, once the lifeblood of a community. This place was called Mill Hollow because it boasted five mills at one time, all clustered along the ravine where Warren Brook tumbles downhill, and this old building is the last mill standing. Read more…
Bob Brown, a member of the board of directors of the Mill Hollow Historical Association, is the primary manager of construction at Chase’s Mill. Here he shows how a belt connecting to the millworks on the floor below drives a planer.
GLYNIS HART