It is currently open to the public and as of 2009 grinds grain which can be purchased at the site.

"At first the water was a great aid, driving mills all along here to grind grain," he said.

As long as he could remember, every day had started the same way, with the sound of women grinding grain into flour.

At points along the stream mills were built either to saw lumber or to grind grain.

It was used to extract linseed oil, but also to grind grain.

It was first built to pump water, and subsequently modified to grind grain as well.

While in prison, Samson worked on a treadmill, a machine used to grind grain.

Another explanation claims that it referred to the large rocks used by the indigenous Americans to grind grain.

The design was similar to that of a metate, which was used to grind grain.

Historians believe the windmill originated in Iran around 1400 years ago and was used to grind grain.