Meetings
The Great Lakes Chapter of SPOOM:
Fall 2019 Meeting
The Fall meeting will be held at Rock Mill near Lancaster, OH on September 28th.
Additional information about the meeting will be forthcoming.
The Fall meeting will be held at Rock Mill near Lancaster, OH on September 28th.
Additional information about the meeting will be forthcoming.
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Rock Mill is in central Ohio south of Columbus near the community of Lancaster. The mill is located on the Hocking River. The mill structure has a large overshot waterwheel. Near the mill is a small white covered bridge. The waterwheel sits in a gorge cut by the river and has a dam located upstream from the mill. The mill structure is believed to have been built around 1824. It was probably only slightly used after the 1900s.[1] The Hocking River begins just a few miles above the mill, the waterfall is best seen from the floor of the gorge and is a very pretty feature. Access to the gorge is available but great care should be taken. The mill is owned by the county parks system and is in the process of being restored. One of the most recent additions to the mill was a new 24-foot waterwheel. The mill was visited as part of the 2016 annual SPOOM conference. The mill is very picturesque and there are lots of locations that can be used for interesting pictures. The photographer will need to have a wide-angle lens to get all the features of the mill in a single image which is best accomplished from the gorge. The trees around the mill have wonderful colors in the fall. [1] Taken in part from an unpublished handout by Bruce E. Babcock, September 23, 2012. |
Taken with a Nikon DSLR Camera with a wide angle lens in fall of 2016 by Vince DiNoto
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Fall 2018 Meeting
Photograph taken outside of the restaurant in Scott, MI after lunch and the business meeting.
While the day was rainy in the small community of Scotts, Michigan a good turn was held for the fall meeting. The group had a chance to complete explore this old mill, which had three different power sources, an overshot waterwheel, a turbine and a gasoline engine (no longer at the mill). While the mill is not operational there is a fair amount of equipment in the structure which appears to be very sound. A short business meeting was held at a local restaurant which had outstanding food.
Additional Information
Meetings for spring and fall of 2020 will be listed in the near future.
