Molasses at the Mill

April 4, 2015

paulnewbury

The Mill had a 3000 gallon molasses cistern in the basement under the ice cream shop kitchen. The molasses was pumped up to the first floor using the molasses pump and then fed into the molasses blender to make sweet feed for horses. When we built the ice cream shop, code wouldn’t let us have the access in the floor of the kitchen so we had to cut through the wall of the cistern which was a foot thick reinforced concrete.

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Built in 1875, the Emlenton Mill was one of the first steam powered grist mills in the United States. Later converted to gas and then electricity the Mill was in operation for over 100 years. Located in Emlenton, the southern gateway to the Oil Heritage Region, the Mill sat on the scenic Allegheny River, close to the Allegheny River Bike trail. It was located just off I80 at exit 45 on Main street in Emlenton, PA.

On February 5, 2015 the Emlenton Mill burned. Over 200 firefighters from 50 companies fought the fire and we thank them for braving the ice, fire and cold. We loved the Mill and will miss it.

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