Monday, July 18, 2011

Wheel

I am not sure what this wheel pulled.  If anyone has a clue please comment.

The Waggoner's were millers from Pennsylvania.  They bought the estate and the mill across the street.  They owned this property from 1887 until 1976.  They produced what was considered to be the best baking and cake flours in the Midwest called "Queen of the Pantry"

8 comments:

Birdman said...

Pantry... some words are being left at the wayside.

Average Jane said...

That looks like a millstone. I imagine it was part of the grinding mechanism for the wheat.

Sharon said...

I agree with Jane, it does look like a millstone. I also agree with Birdman, pantry is a word you don't hear very often any longer. I remember my grandmother had a pantry at her house and I never could figure out why we didn't have one. It looked like such a hand room. I went to a fund raising event recently in house I would classify as Mansion-like, I was pleased to see that it had a pantry but, I don't think they called it that.

Randy said...

That is awesome! It does make for an interesting yard sculpture.

RedPat said...

Wonderful craftsmanship the way the pieces fit together!

cieldequimper said...

I think this used to grind rather than pull too. Ah, isn't history such a wonderful thing? :-)

Halcyon said...

Don't know what it is, but I like the looks of it!

Jack said...

I am voting with those who say it was used for grinding, not pulling. See the grooving?