Concordia Mill
Concordia Mill | |
Location | 252 Green Bay Rd. Hamilton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 43°17′05″N 87°58′13″W / 43.2848°N 87.97037°W |
Built | 1853 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 74000116 |
Added to NRHP | April 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 mills dam washed out during heavy spring flooding and was rebuilt some time later.[3] The mill operated until World War II when it was converted into a distillery which operated for a number of 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]
From the 1950s through the early 1970s, the City of Cedarburg's sewers carried waste oil containing PCBs from the local Mercury Marine plant to the Cedarburg Mill's pond, upstream of Concordia Mill.[6] The contamination also spread downstream to Concordia Mill's pond, where it settled into the sediment.[7] While Cedar Creek became an EPA Superfund clean-up site in 1994, the contamination in Hamilton was unknown until 1996, when the mill's dam washed out, exposing the contaminated sediments and complicating the cleanup of Cedar Creek.[8][9]
See also
Mill Name | Year Built | Products Produced | Notes |
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Concordia Mill | 1853 | Grain | Dam washed out and removed 1996 |
Exelsior 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
- ^ "WI-60: Concordia Mill". Wisconsin Historical Markers. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
- ^ a b c Anderson, Donald N. (1973-07-31). "Concordia Mill". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- ^ "Early history of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin". 1965.
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(help) - ^ "Concordia Mill". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- ^ "Historic Hamilton" (PDF). Town of Cedarburg. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
- ^ Writer, Richard Wronski, Tribune Staff. "QUAINT TOWN'S TAINTED CREEK TO GET CLEANUP". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "CEDAR CREEK Site Profile". cumulis.epa.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ "Cedarburg creek cleanup would mean return of fish safe to eat". www.jsonline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "CEDAR CREEK Site Profile". cumulis.epa.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
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