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The '''Concordia Mill''' is a former [[gristmill]] on [[Cedar Creek (Wisconsin)|Cedar Creek]] located in [[Hamilton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin|Hamilton]], [[Wisconsin]], [[United States]]. The limestone mill was built in 1853 by [[Edward H. Janssen]] and his brother, Theodore, along with a Mr. Gaitsch with locally quarried limestone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wisconsinhistoricalmarkers.blogspot.com/2012/08/wi-60-concordia-mill.html|title=WI-60: Concordia Mill|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Markers|accessdate=2012-10-02}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 1881, the mill's dam washed out during heavy spring flooding and was rebuilt sometime later.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1965|title=Early history of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=header&id=WI.OzEarlyHist&isize=M|language=en-US}}</ref> The mill operated until World War II when it was converted into a distillery that operated for several years.<ref name=":0" /> On April 26, 1974, it was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Concordia Mill|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294963828-4294963813&dsRecordDetails=R:HI28551|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|accessdate=2017-01-10}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Donald N.|title=Concordia Mill|url={{NRHP url|id=74000116}}|accessdate=2017-01-10|work=[[NRHP]] Inventory-Nomination Form|publisher=National Park Service|date=1973-07-31}}</ref> and the surrounding area, known as the [[Hamilton Historic District (Cedarburg, Wisconsin)|Hamilton Historic District]] was added to the NRHP two years later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.town.cedarburg.wi.us/cm/pdfs/Hamilton%20Historic%20District%20Booklet%201976.pdf|title=Historic Hamilton|publisher=Town of Cedarburg|accessdate=2012-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214105945/http://www.town.cedarburg.wi.us/cm/pdfs/Hamilton%20Historic%20District%20Booklet%201976.pdf|archive-date=2010-12-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The '''Concordia Mill''' is a former [[gristmill]] on [[Cedar Creek (Wisconsin)|Cedar Creek]] located in [[Hamilton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin|Hamilton]], [[Wisconsin]], [[United States]]. The limestone mill was built in 1853 by [[Edward H. Janssen]] and his brother, Theodore, along with a Mr. Gaitsch with locally quarried limestone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wisconsinhistoricalmarkers.blogspot.com/2012/08/wi-60-concordia-mill.html|title=WI-60: Concordia Mill|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Markers|accessdate=2012-10-02}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 1881, the mill's dam washed out during heavy spring flooding and was rebuilt sometime later.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1965|title=Early history of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=header&id=WI.OzEarlyHist&isize=M|language=en-US}}</ref> The mill operated until World War II when it was converted into a distillery that operated for several years.<ref name=":0" /> On April 26, 1974, it was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Concordia Mill| date=January 2012 |url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294963828-4294963813&dsRecordDetails=R:HI28551|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|accessdate=2017-01-10}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Donald N.|title=Concordia Mill|url={{NRHP url|id=74000116}}|accessdate=2017-01-10|work=[[NRHP]] Inventory-Nomination Form|publisher=National Park Service|date=1973-07-31}}</ref> and the surrounding area, known as the [[Hamilton Historic District (Cedarburg, Wisconsin)|Hamilton Historic District]] was added to the NRHP two years later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.town.cedarburg.wi.us/cm/pdfs/Hamilton%20Historic%20District%20Booklet%201976.pdf|title=Historic Hamilton|publisher=Town of Cedarburg|accessdate=2012-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214105945/http://www.town.cedarburg.wi.us/cm/pdfs/Hamilton%20Historic%20District%20Booklet%201976.pdf|archive-date=2010-12-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>

From the 1950s through the early 1970s, the [[Cedarburg, Wisconsin|City of Cedarburg's]] sewers carried waste oil containing [[Polychlorinated biphenyl|PCBs]] from the local [[Mercury Marine]] plant to the [[Cedarburg Mill]]'s pond, upstream of Concordia Mill.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Writer|first=Richard Wronski, Tribune Staff|title=QUAINT TOWN'S TAINTED CREEK TO GET CLEANUP|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-01-02-9401020038-story.html|access-date=2021-04-01|website=chicagotribune.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The contamination also spread downstream to Concordia Mill's pond, where it settled into the sediment.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=CEDAR CREEK Site Profile|url=https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.Cleanup&id=0506429#bkground|access-date=2021-04-01|website=cumulis.epa.gov|language=en}}</ref> In 1986, PCBs were found in the millpond's fish.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wawrzyn|first=Will|date=1986|title=DISTRIBUTION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS IN CEDAR CREEK SEDIMENTS AT CEDARBURG, OZAUKEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN|journal=Water Resource Management Southeast District}}</ref> In 1994 Cedar Creek became an [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]] [[Superfund]] site, and in 1996 the mill's dam washed out, washing contaminated sediment downstream and complicating the cleanup of Cedar Creek.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cedarburg creek cleanup would mean return of fish safe to eat|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/cedar-creek-cleanup-in-cedarburg-eventually-would-mean-return-of-fish-safe-to-eat-b99614211z1-350763871.html|access-date=2020-12-09|website=www.jsonline.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CEDAR CREEK Site Profile|url=https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.cleanup&id=0506429|access-date=2020-12-09|website=cumulis.epa.gov|language=en}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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|[[Cedarburg Wire and Nail Factory|Excelsior Mill, later Cedarburg Wire and Nail Factory]]
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|Grain, lumber, drawn steel, hydroelectricity
|Grain, lumber, drawn steel, hydroelectricity
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|[[Columbia Mill]]
|[[Columbia Historic District (Cedarburg, Wisconsin)|Columbia Mill]]
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[[Category:Grinding mills in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Removed dams in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Removed dams in Wisconsin]]

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For the smock mill in the Netherlands, see Concordia, Ede.
Concordia Mill
Concordia Mill
Concordia Mill is located in Wisconsin
Concordia Mill
Location252 Green Bay Rd.
Hamilton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°17′05″N 87°58′13″W / 43.2848°N 87.97037°W / 43.2848; -87.97037
Built1853
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.74000116
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1974

The Concordia Mill is a former gristmill on Cedar Creek located in Hamilton, Wisconsin, United States. The limestone mill was built in 1853 by Edward H. Janssen and his brother, Theodore, along with a Mr. Gaitsch with locally quarried limestone.[1][2] In 1881, the mill's dam washed out during heavy spring flooding and was rebuilt sometime later.[3] The mill operated until World War II when it was converted into a distillery that operated for several years.[2] On April 26, 1974, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places,[4][2] and the surrounding area, known as the Hamilton Historic District was added to the NRHP two years later.[5]

See also[edit]

Mills on Cedar Creek
Mill Name Year Built Products Produced Notes
Concordia Mill 1853 Grain Dam washed out and removed 1996
Excelsior Mill, later Cedarburg Wire and Nail Factory 1871 Grain, lumber, drawn steel, hydroelectricity
Columbia Mill 1843 Grain Demolished
Cedarburg Mill 1844 Grain Rebuilt 1855 with current stone structure
Hilgen and Wittenberg Woolen Mill 1864 Textiles

References[edit]

  1. ^ "WI-60: Concordia Mill". Wisconsin Historical Markers. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  2. ^ a b c Anderson, Donald N. (1973-07-31). "Concordia Mill". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  3. ^ "Early history of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin". 1965. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Concordia Mill". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  5. ^ "Historic Hamilton" (PDF). Town of Cedarburg. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
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