Sieur de Poutrincourt
Water-Powered Mill
1607
The first grist mill in North America
2007
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A grist mill grinds grain to make flour. Today, flour milling is a large industry, and |
Monument
LeQuille
Annapolis County
Nova Scotia
Located at 470 Dugway Road
GPS location: 44°43’36″N 65°29’48″W
Historic Sites and Monuments Board plaques: Poutrincourt’s Mill
Photographed on 16 June 2003
Photographed on 16 June 2003
Photographed on 16 June 2003
Photographed on 15 November 2002
This hydroelectric generating plant, built in 1967 near the site
of Poutrincourt’s 1607 mill, was the Centennial project
of the Nova Scotia Light & Power Company
(Nova Scotia’s largest electric utility company at the time).
This generating plant is powered by water from
the same river that Poutrincourt’s mill used.
Photographed on 1 July 2003
Historic Sites and Monuments Board plaques: Poutrincourt’s Mill
Photographed on 11 June 2006
Three Plaques on the Generating Plant
Poutrincourt’s Mill: NSL&P Company plaque 1967
Photographed on 1 July 2003
Detail of NSL&P Company plaque
Photographed on 1 July 2003
Three plaques on generating plant
Photographed on 1 July 2003
Plaque, September 1968: Early Agriculture in Nova Scotia
Photographed on 1 July 2003
Photographed on 1 July 2003
Interpretative Panel
Historic Site: Lequille Hydro Plant
Photographed on 1 July 2003
Photographed on 1 July 2003
Photographed on 1 July 2003
Photographed on 1 July 2003
Photographed on 1 July 2003
Photographed on 11 June 2006
Map showing the location of the monument commemorating
Sieur de Poutrincourt’s water-powered grist mill built in 1607,
near LeQuille, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
Roads are shown as they were in 1978. Except for Highway 101, the
layout of the roads in 2013 has not changed much from that shown here.
Historic Site to be Opened Sept. 15 25 (1968)
Clipping: 18 September 1968 (Newspaper not known)
Thanks to Myrtle J. Selig
$2.7 Million Power Project Opened at Lequille
Clipping: 2 October 1968 (Newspaper not known)
Thanks to Myrtle J. Selig
Interpretation of above clipping
15,000 h.p. [15,000 horsepower]46’ long x 32’ wide x 50’ high [46-feet long by 32-feet wide by 50-feet high]18’ waterwheel [18-feet (diameter) waterwheel] |
Historic Site and Power Project Opened at Lequille
Clipping: 28 September 1968 (Newspaper not known)
Thanks to Myrtle J. Selig
Replica Of 17th Century Mill To Be Built Near Annapolis Royal
Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 26 August 1966
$2.7 Million Power Project On Site Of First Grist Mill
Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 26 September 1968
Interpretation of above clipping
1530’ of 7’-0” diameter penstock [1530-feet of 7-feet-zero-inches diameter penstock]two Tainter gates full load flow of 410 cfs [410 cubic feet per second]514 rpm [514 revolutions per minute]1,300 kVA [1,300 kilovolt-amperes]0.86 p.f. [86% power factor]60 cycles per second [60 hertz] |
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