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| James Gibb |
At the October 15 CCASM Dr. James Gibb explored the variability of water mill designs based on their intended products and the available water sources. He showed different designs for dams and races, wheels and turbines, as well as milling stones often using illustrations from David Macaulay's book Mill. Jim also talked about former mill sites in Charles County as well as neighboring counties. Mills were integral to economic development, and archaeology is the means by which the variability among mills can be documented and interpreted. For those wanting to know about the preservation of old mills, check out spoom.org.
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| Remains of an old mill and its archaeological map |
James G. Gibb is a Smithsonian Research Associate as well as owner of Gibb Archaeological Consulting.
Once again this was a hybrid meeting. Thanks to Jim for allowing us to use his Zoom account, and thanks to the Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco for allowing us to use the Courthouse for our meeting. Attendance: 13 (5 via Zoom)
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