Brayton Grist Mill

About Brayton Grist Mill

Brayton Grist Mill is a historic grist mill along Mashamoquet Brook in Pomfret, Connecticut. The mill was built about 1890 and is one of the best-preserved 19th-century rural grist mills in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It has been restored and is maintained by the Pomfret Historical Society as the Marcy Blacksmith Museum, which is open by appointment.

The mill is located near the geographic center of Pomfret, on the west side of the entrance road to Mashamoquet Brook State Park, just south of United States Route 44. It is a vernacular post-and-beam frame structure, four stories high, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. The mill's power equipment includes a 19th-century turbine mounted in a wooden frame in the basement, reinforced with cast iron tie rods. The second level of the mill houses equipment for gearing the turbine's power shaft down to equipment working speed. The third level houses milling equipment patented in 1888 and 1890. It now also houses a collection of blacksmithing tools and equipment.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

More museums in Woodstock →Best museums in Connecticut →

Photos of Brayton Grist Mill

  1. Brayton Grist Mill, Connecticut01ConnecticutMagicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0

Shared by photographers under free licenses on Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo to see it full size there.

Visitor reviews

No one has reviewed Brayton Grist Mill yet. If you've been, tell other visitors what stood out and when you went. Anyone who has visited can write one, with or without their name, and we read each review before it appears.

No reviews yet. Been here? Be the first to share your visit.

Visited Brayton Grist Mill? Write a review

No account needed. We read every review before it appears.

Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 13 miles of Brayton Grist Mill; the closest, Providence & Worcester Railfan Club & Museum, is about 8.4 miles away.