Tide Mill Institute folks are often asked if any tide mill buildings are left. We know of ten in the northeast U.S.A., but none are operating. Please contact us if you’re aware of others.
Newburyport, MA
Annisquam, MA
Revere, MA
Quincy, MA
Hingham, MA
Southport, CT
Rye, NY
Great Neck, NY
Huntington, NY
Poplar Grove, VA
The Friends of the Souther Tide Mill in Quincy, Massachusetts, hosted an open house at the mill Saturday, October 20, 2018. This is first time the mill has been open for visits for many years. Curious visitors included mill enthusiasts, families with children and history stakeholders.
The Friends have great plans for the interpretation of the mill. Their special problem is that the mill is owned by the City of Quincy, and all decisions on work to be done must be approved by city officials. They have prepared an application for a National Register listing, but they have been waiting for city officials to sign off before submitting it. They hope the recognition the mill will receive by being listed on the National Register will spur further donations. They hope to install electric service in the near future.
Join educators, historians, environmentalists, archeologists and anyone else interested in tidal power and its history on Saturday, November 10, 2018, for the Tide Mill Institute’s 14th annual conference.
Time: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Cummings Center, Beverly, MA
Registration fee (includes lunch): $50 per person for non members, $40 for members
Conference topics focus on how man once extracted power from the tides and how he seeks to use this power again. Come to learn and participate in the discussions.
Here are a few topics in the program:
Save your space and help us with planning by pre-registering now.
The Tide Mill Institute has improved its website to allow more frequent communication with tide mill enthusiasts and the general public.
The new site retains the extensive tide mill information on its original site, but it now also provides frequent news and tide mill information updates on its front page. Visitors to the site can comment on articles or provide more information about a topic if they wish.
Anyone can subscribe for free to receive email notifications whenever a new item is added to the site’s news page.
The institute has traditionally issued Tide Mill Times, a multi-page newsletter, two to four times each year, as an email attachment to subscribers. The new site will replace these periodic newsletters with a “blog,” or individual articles published online more frequently and as-needed to keep the tide mill community informed.
