The collections of the Morningstar Mill (Mountain Mills Museum)

Mill collection Photos

This list is an ongoing effort to list and picture everything that is part of Morningstar Mill (Mountain Mills Museum)


 Pine Billing Cupboard                                     Break Mill 1st & 2nd                                      
Burr Stone Wheel

 Cast Iron Wood Teeth Drive Gears                 Corn Sheller                                                  
2nd Break Roller Mill

 Our Mill Operator                                          Oat Roller                                                    
Sluice Gate

 Fire King Stove                                               Double Roller                                                 
Bagging chute  

The Mill: Main Floor
1.Beam Scale - steel - platform ? inches w x ? inches h x ? inches d
post ? inches w x ? inches h x ? inches d beam ? inches w x ? inches h x ? inches d Manufactured by Gurreys Ware Co
2. Schute ? inches w x ? inches h x ? inches d
3. Billing Cupboard - Pine ? inches w x ? inches h x ? inches d
4. Packing Table ? inches w x ? inches h x ? inches d
5. Stove ? inches w x ? inches h x ? inches dia
Manufactured by FireKing of Hamilton Ontario
6.Sluice Crank
7. Cupboard Pine ? inches w x ? inches h x ? inches d
8. Reducing Machine Double Roller
Manufactured by William and J. G. Greey of Toronto Ontario
9. Break Mill (First and Second Break)
Manufactured by William and J. G. Greey of Toronto Ontario
10. Fanning Mill
Manufactured by Clipper Mill
11. Finishing Roller Mill
Manufactured by William and J. G. Greey of Toronto Ontario
12. Oat Roller
13. Chopping Mill
14.. Bagging schutes
15 Mill Stone - French Burr Stone
16. Corn Sheller - mounted under the floor between the stone and bagging shutes
Manufactured by William and J. G. Greey of Toronto Ontario

The Mill: Upstairs second Floor (Currently being photographed and catalogued. Many of the machines were designed and patented by Wilson Morningstar and sold through Greey Company of Toronto 1.
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The Mill: Basement Floor. (Currently being photographed and catalogued

The Turbine Shed: Upper level.(Currently being photographed and catalogued

The Turbine Shed: Lower level. (Currently being photographed and catalogued

The House: (Currently being photographed and catalogued

1. Copper washing agitator with wooden handle. Fisher Ford Mfg. Co. Toronto, pat. 1914.
2. Ironing board, wooden.
3. 2 Pairs wooden sock stretchers.
4. Wooden sleeve board for pressing.
5. Iron clamp on wooden board.
6. Wooden bench for washing tub. Beadle Bros. Ltd. Fergus, Canada. 42" long, 23" high.
7. Wash board, 24'' long 12" wide, Vancouver, B.C.
8. 2 Galvanized laundry tubs, 18'' diameter.
9. Wooden drying rack wall type with 10 arms. No. 2 Empire do Bar, American Wringer Co. 22"
long.
10. Game board, 17 3/4 square.
11. Washing machine with copper tub on metal stand with attached wringer. T. Eaton Co. Ltd.
Canada
12. Hanging type wooden shelf unit with cubby holes and one door (missing glass), 24" wide 17
1/4" high.
13. Wicker laundry basket.
14. Milk pail.
15. Wooden folding drying rack 46'' high, 3 sections, each 20" wide.
16. Work table, 1 shelf, 26'' wide, 18'' deep, 29'' high, turned legs, painted.
17. Wooden mop bucket with wooden rollers and black iron fittings, 13" diameter.
18. Apple Packing basket with metal insert, 2 handles, lidded, 17 1/4 diameter. Perfection Pack
Company, St. Joseph, Michigan.
19. Sleeve board, wooden, 18 1/2" long.
20. Masher, wooden, mushroom shaped, 6'' high.
21. Enameled ladle, 10'' long.
22. Wooden box. rounded hinged lid, 6 1/2" long, 2'' wide, 2 1/4 high. Circa 1820.
23. 3 Pairs metal shoe trees.
24. Enameled stock pot, lidded, 2 handles, 14'' diameter.
25. Two fly spraying guns with glass bottles.
26. Three empty match boxes , circa 1930.
27. Bottle of Eclectric Oi1 (medicine) in original box.
28. Cream can with spigot.
29. Long wooden wash board, 33" long, 3 1/4 wide.
30. Butter churn with black metal stand. Handle for moving .
31. O1d shovel with shaped wooden handle.
32. Long saw painted with scenes.
33. Clock, New Haven shelf clock, painted decoration on door, weight driven. 25" high.
34. Icebox, wooden, 23'' wide, 15 3/4 deep, 37'' high.
35. Treadle sewing machine, oak cabinet, New Williams.
36. Wooden high chair with wooden tray.
37. Keirstead print of old mill at Kings Landing, framed. 9 1/4 x 7''
38. Keirstead print of Babcock Mill, Kingston, 9 1/2' x 7'' framed.
39. Print of old mill, 8 1/4" x 6
40. Plate, earthenware with printed scene of old mill, Currier & lyes. 9'' diameter.
41. Plate, earthenware with printed scene of cider making, Currier & lyes, 9" diameter.
42. Rocker, rush seat, painted blue, circa 1840.
43. Scale, black iron.
44. Animal medicine feeder, iron with leather strap.
45. Barrel with iron fittings.
46. Cistern pump.
47. Plant stand, wooden, round column with a 12 3/4 top , 30" high.
48. Wire soap holder.
49. Mannequin, life size, donated by Jennifer Quinn.
50. Three egg beaters, circa 1900, 1910 and 1930.
51. Collection of small early bottles. 14 pieces.
52. Stoneware Curry Paste container, 6 oz. English 4" high.
53. Meat tenderizer, heavy metal.
54. Postal scale, The Newell & Higel Co. Ltd. Toronto. Piano action.
55. Spatula, green handle, circa 1930.
56. Wooden rolling pin, red handles.
57. Pastry cutter.
58. Enameled ladle with white bowl and black handle, 12 1/2" long.
59. Enameled basin, white, 12" diameter.
60. Metal skimmer, 15" long. Circa 1880.
61. Enameled pie plate.
62. Enameled lid.
63. Cherry pitter.
64. Metal grater.
65. Pickle crock 13'' diameter, 14'' high. Circa 1900.
66. Small enameled basin, blue exterior, 7'' diameter.
67. Cutting board, 14 1/2" diameter.
68. Strainer, metal with stand and wooden mallet.
69. 12 old milk bottles, some with original paper lids. A1l in wooden milk crate.
70. Amber glass jug, 160 fl. Oz. size.
71. Wooden cheese box, lidded, 17'' diameter, 16 1/4" high.
72. Enameled lidded pail, white, 9 1/4'' diameter. 8" high.
73. Oil lamp clear glass, 15 1/2" high.
74. Enameled cooking pot, 14'' diameter, 9 1/4"' high, lidded, 2 handles.
75. Iron pot with swing handle, 9 1/4" diameter, 4" high. Circa 1890.
76. Kettle, red knob and handle. Circa 1930.
77. Coffee pot with red handles Circa 1930
78. Ash sifter. Banner Dustless Rocker Ash Sifter, lidded.
79. Coal scuttle, swing handle, black, 10" high, 12'' wide, 17'' long
80. Rush seated rocker, small painted white, circa 1830.
81. Cream separator.
82. Wooden cabbage grater. 3 feet long, 11 1/2 wide. 3 blades.
83. Wire pie holder with 4 shelves.
84. Flour sifter.
85. O1d coffee bottle with label on lid as well as jar.
86. Flat iron
87. Metal cup with sifter lid, 1 handle. Commercial Aluminum. Cookware Toledo, Ohio.
88. 4 bread pans.
89. Framed picture of windmills.
90. Framed picture of workers pressing apples.
91. Organ, various woods. Goderich. A11 rebuilt and in working order. Circa 1890.
92. Braided rug, oval, brown and beige. 9' 5" x 7' 7"
93. Croquet set.
94. Smoking stand , aluminum, (glass missing).
95. Picture of Morningstar Mill by Norbert Collins. 26 1/2" x 20" framed.
96. Picture of mill falls by D. Palmatter, framed 28 1/2" x 26"
97. Quebec heater, black "Modern" made in Grimsby, Ontario.
98. Bed pan, black.
99. Box stove, No 27 by Atlanta Stove Works, Atlanta, Ga. 32'' x 13"
100. Wooden lamp base, turned.

The Ice House.(Currently being photographed and catalogued

The Garage Workshop.(Currently being photographed and catalogued

The Blacksmith Shop Collection Photos:

The Carpentry Shop:.(Currently being photographed and catalogued

The Saw Mill.(Currently being photographed and catalogued

The Grounds.(Currently being photographed and catalogued Water pump Gear from Mill

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