Society for the Preservation of Old Mills (SPOOM)

This organization is focused on the identification and preservation of old mills. It sponsors an annual conference and publishes a fine newsletter. SPOOM also has a useful Website, which features a bookstore, information on conferences, an events calendar, grant guidelines, a list of historical associations, membership information, a message board, mill lists, real estate for sale, resources, sites to visit, a trading post, and more. This association made a generous grant to the Stratton Mill Foundation, which helped finance the construction of a storage/work building adjacent to the Stratton Flour Mill. This facility has contributed immensely to the restoration work on Stratton Mill.

Ohio's Old Mills Today, by Brenda Krekeler

This excellent site contains a regional map of Ohio; a list of counties, with links to individual mills; an overview of Ohio's old mills (topics include millstones, windmills, unique characteristics of Ohio's mills, mills built on canals, steam engines, millponds, waterwheels and flour-mill operation); information about mills and remnants that are not accessible or gone; terminology; a bibliography; an Ohio mill compendium; and other features.

Brenda Krekeler's entry on Stratton Mill

An excellent, brief history of the mill along with two photographs taken prior to onset of restoration, which began in 1990.

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