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Colvin Run Mill

About Colvin Run Mill

Colvin Run Mill is in Great Falls, Virginia. Built c. 1811, Colvin Run Mill is the sole

surviving operational 19th-century water-powered mill in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and its restored mechanism is a nationally significant example of automated technologies pioneered in milling and later adopted across American industry.

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Founded
1810

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Photos of Colvin Run Mill

  1. Colvin Run Mill, Fairfax County01Fairfax CountyJoe Ravi · CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. Golden Leaves at Colvin Mill02Golden Leaves at Colvin MillRob Shenk from Great Falls, VA, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. Colvin Run Mill03Colvin Run MillFairfax County Chamber of Commerce · CC BY 2.0
  4. Colvin Run Mill04Colvin Run MillFairfax County Chamber of Commerce · CC BY 2.0
  5. Colvin run mill05Colvin Run MillAlan P. Goldstein · CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. Colvin run mill06Colvin Run MillAlan P. Goldstein · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 4.9 miles of Colvin Run Mill; the closest, Reston Historic Tr, is about 2.6 miles away.