Rooms

  The northwestern corner of the Mill, is packed with opened bales of

cotton, jute, wool, silk, and other materials.  Workers prepare the raw

materials for spinning here, cleaning and washing it in a low sluice that

feeds this part of the mill.  Material is sorted, inspected, and sent to the

appropriate area where it is further processed into skeins or bobbins.  The

spinning devices are all powered by the undershot western wheel, where water

is diverted from the river into a flume to drive the blades of the pitchback

wheel.  A massive axle extends overhead, turning gears which may be engaged

to operate the machines.