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Mill Frequency and Sediment Load in Bennington, Caledonia, and
Chittenden Counties, Vermont Andrew Boule and Miles Sturm
December 10, 2003
How A Mill Works - The Wheel House
- countieschosen forvaryinggeography
-painting ofmills, dams,and ponds
Introduction
Methods
• Looked for mills on Walling’s maps, 1856 - 1858
• Calculated mill frequency for each town (per square mile)
• Looked for relationship between mill frequency andpopulation and relief
• In the field, we looked for sediment deposits behindformer mill sites and other evidence of landscape change
Sample Town – Woodford, 1856
Population:423
Mills:20 saw mills(orange)4 ocher mills and 1 oil mill(pink)
Area: 123.28 sq. km
Mill Frequency:.2028 mills/sq. km(highest of townssampled)
Caledonia County133 mills
14%
4% 1%
81%
Saw Mills
Grist Mills
Woolen Mills
Oil Mills
Chittenden County75 mills
17%
3%4%
76%
Saw Mills
Grist Mills
Woolen Mills
Paper Mills
Bennington County142 mills
3%1%2%
4%
81%
9%
Saw Mills
Grist Mills
Paper Mills
Ocher Mills
Flax Mills
Oil Mills
-predominantly saw mills
Results
-mill frequency Bennington 0.03 /sq km Caledonia 0.03 /sq km Chittenden 0.02 /sq km
Population vs. Mill Frequency
0
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2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25
Mill Frequency (mills per square kilometer)
Results
-slight inverse relationship
Burlington
Woodford
1857 1996Jericho
Affect On Stream PathUpon Removal Of Dams
Conclusions
• Higher mill frequency was found in mountains with higher average slope and less population density.
• Sediment trapped behind dam was likely transported downstream after the destruction of the dam.
• Change in Browns River displays the impact humans have on landscape change as far as the construction and destruction of dams
Circa 1895 Yesterday
Old Red Mill, Jericho