Water Wheel & Lock #25

This 12-foot breast water wheel is operational and provides the power used to operate the grist mill. From here an underground shaft enters the mill basement, where the gears and pulleys power the mill machinery on the first floor. In 1973, to better accommodate current milling operations, a cypress waterwheel was installed. It was replaced with a black walnut wheel in 1991. Although the wheel now occupies Lock #25, during the time of canal operation, the mill was not powered by a wheel and the lock was a working part of the canal.

Metamora, Indiana · United States