This is an Old Mill Sight Just Outside Huntsville, AL Photo Gallery by Perry at pbase.com

This is an Old Mill Sight Just Outside Huntsville, AL

The Mill is located at a place called Bloucher Ford which is at the junction of Mountain Fork and the Flint River. I suspect that the Mill was constructed sometime in the early 1900's. The turbines appear to be very modern in design with variable pitch blades. It would be nice if this place could be preserved. I will try to find out more about its historical significance.

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Guest		16-Jul-2015 16:52
We were not happy when the mill burned down. I never made it back to get better photos. I expect some local kids burned it down.

jim hudson		28-Apr-2014 21:57
mill was purchased on the court house steps by John Patterson, Judd Patterson, and Henry Hudson (my Grand-Father). There was a grist mill, welding shop cotton mill, and general store. I spent many days there as a boy.

Guest		02-Oct-2007 06:14
Sorry to say, this mill is no more. Burned down earlier this year. I remember going there as a kid. 'Suspicious' fire levels Patterson Mill, pioneer era relic, hub on Flint River Author: JOHN PECK Times Staff Writer Date: March 26, 2007 Publication: Huntsville Times, The (AL) Page: 1B Built just after Alabama statehood, structure served Bloucher's Ford Madison County lost a relic of its early history Saturday when a nearly 200-year-old grist mill burned to the ground. Madison County Deputy Fire Marshal Dustin Spires said Sunday the historic Patterson Mill off Oscar Patterson Road was destroyed in the pre-dawn blaze. Harold Patterson's father, the late John Patterson, ran the grist mill from 1919 until its closing in 1959. Patterson told The... Click here for complete article ($2.95)

Duke		25-Sep-2004 06:47
Ya, der couple ist ser gut indeed!

Cindy		24-Sep-2004 02:47
These pictures of the Mill are Great! Where is it? Those 2 people in the picture at the end make a cute couple :-).

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