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Thorp Mill is an historic building located in Thorp, Washington, United States. On November 23, 1977, the Thorp Mill was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.〔(National Register of Historic Places. ). Retrieved 2011-09-19.〕 The landmark is maintained by the Thorp Mill Town Historical Preservation Society, which aims to preserve the mill for the benefit of the local community and to make it available for the benefit of people seeking to understand American culture and history. To this end, the organization now devotes itself to developing the mill site both as an interpretive site and as a gathering place for community activities, maintaining and fostering the close sense of community and family and the enterprising spirit that is the town of Thorp's heritage, while allowing it to carry those values forward into the future and into the world community. ==History== ''See also, History of the Town of Thorp'' In 1878, James L. Mills traversed the trail over the Cascade Mountains from Puget Sound by foot, and saw great possibilities in the Kittitas Valley.〔 He built a sawmill west of the current town site in 1879,〔Eugene J. Brain, "Thorp, Washington," The Coast Magazine, Vol. XV, May 1908 (from ''The Coast,'' Honor L. Wilhelm, pp. 366-7).〕 diverting water from the Yakima River to turn its wheels.〔(Thorp Mill Town Historical Preservation Society ). Retrieved 2011-10-14.〕〔''An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties with an Outline of the Early History of the State of Washington'', Chicago: Chicago Interstate Publishing Co. (1904) pp. 211.〕 The sawmill had a capacity of 7,000 feet daily.〔 Not content with the sawmill, Mills devised a way for the same wheels to power the North Star Mill, a gristmill that Oren Hutchinson had built at the town of Thorp in 1883, to provide feed for livestock and flour for the local residents. The four-story mill provided farmers throughout the Kittitas Valley with the convenience of local processing for wheat crops, as well as serving as an important hub for community activities.〔〔(HistoryLink, "Thorp Mill begins operation in the Kittitas Valley in April 1883," Essay 5073. ) Retrieved 2011-09-22.〕 The North Star Mill was best known for its leading brand "Tip Top".〔 In 1907, the energy from the water wheel at the North Star Mill was utilized to power a steam generator having a 40-horsepower dynamo, which furnished electricity for laundering clothes two mornings each week, and for lighting homes for a few hours each evening. This gave Thorp the distinction of being among the first towns in Washington to have electricity, and the smallest unincorporated town in the Northwest to have electric lights.〔〔 The Thorp Mill continued active operation until its closure in 1946. On November 23, 1977, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thorp Mill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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