Did you know that #GeorgeWashington owned a gristmill (pictured) and a distillery? In 1771 he built a large stone #gristmill to increase production of flour and cornmeal. A hired miller, assisted by enslaved millers, ground more than 275,000 pounds of the highest quality “superfine flour” each year exporting it to the West Indies and Europe. In 1797, Washington hired a Scottish plantation manager who encouraged him to build a whiskey distillery next to the gristmill. This distillery was the largest in America and produced almost 11,000 gallons of whiskey in 1799. The reconstructed buildings are located at their original site three miles west of @mount_vernon. The #mill was rebuilt in 1933 and the distillery in 2007 on the original foundations after extensive archaeological research. This photo is from a trip we took there in 2014. #va #vahistory #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #historygirl #roadtrip #igersva #exploreva #SpreadTheHistory #architecture #archi_ologie #reconstruction #mountvernon #stone #mountvernonva #virginiaisforlovers #onlyinvirginia #travel #history #americanhistory (at George Washington's Gristmill) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn2LyCchgIf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wwtm7f2xuf0e
