Grist Mill Park

Grist Mill Park
Grist Mill Park
	Looking west from the park across Royal River's First Falls to 1 Main Street
Type	Urban park
Location	Yarmouth, Maine, U.S.
Coordinates	43°47′56″N 70°10′41″W / 43.79885°N 70.17792°W
Area	0.5 acres (0.0020 km2; 0.00078 sq mi)
Created	1980s
Owned by	Town of Yarmouth
Open	Dawn to dusk daily

Grist Mill Park is an

corn into flour using power generated by the water turbines set in the fast-flowing river below. Between 1870 and 1885, it was the site of Ansel Loring's second mill, named Yarmouth Flour Mill.^[5]

The park is around 0.5 acres (0.20 ha).[6]

A 19th-century westerly view of one of the former grist mills (right) on the site of today's park

References

^ "Grist Mill Park". yarmouthcommservices. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
^ Royal River Corridor Study Y er Corridor Study Yarmouth, Maine Natur armouth, Maine Natural Resour al Resource Reconnaissance Surveys – University of Southern Maine (2008)
^ Royal River Corridor Master Plan – Yarmouth Town Council (2008)
^ The First Falls - Yarmouth's town website
^ Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History, William Hutchinson Rowe (1937)
^ Town of Yarmouth Open Space Plan 2019 – Royal River Conservation Trust

[1] "Grist Mill Park". yarmouthcommservices. Retrieved May 18, 2024.

[2] Royal River Corridor Study Y er Corridor Study Yarmouth, Maine Natur armouth, Maine Natural Resour al Resource Reconnaissance Surveys – University of Southern Maine (2008)

[3] Royal River Corridor Master Plan – Yarmouth Town Council (2008)

[YHS-4] The First Falls - Yarmouth's town website

[rowe19362-5] Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History, William Hutchinson Rowe (1937)

[6] Town of Yarmouth Open Space Plan 2019 – Royal River Conservation Trust

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