Existing comment:
Reconstruction:
The Rutledge-Camron saw- and gristmill was "reconstructed" in the 1940s, after remnants of what was presumed at the time to be the original mill had been discovered. Other mills had occupied the same location since New Salem's decline, making it difficult to determine whether objects recovered here were from the 1829 structure.
The historic mill had been constructed on the riverbank. The Sangamon River, however, gradually changed course, leaving the mill site and the "reconstructed" mill completely landlocked. |