# Wye Mill

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The **Wye Mill** is the oldest continuously operated [grist mill](/source/Grist_mill) in the United States, located at [Wye Mills](/source/Wye_Mills,_Maryland), [Queen Anne's County](/source/Queen_Anne's_County) and [Talbot County, Maryland](/source/Talbot_County,_Maryland), [United States](/source/United_States). It is the earliest industrial site on the [Eastern Shore](/source/Eastern_Shore_of_Maryland) in continuous use; dating to the late 17th century. It is a wood-frame, water-powered grist mill, with a 19th-century 26 HP 10-foot (3.0-metre) Fitz steel overshot wheel. The mill retains nearly all of its late-18th-century equipment. The Wye Mill was one of the first grist mills to be automated with the [Oliver Evans](/source/Oliver_Evans) process, which is still in use today.[2]

The Wye Mill was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1985.[1]

## References

1. E. Barton Hall McGuire (July 1984). ["National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wye Mill"](https://apps.mht.maryland.gov/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-860.pdf). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

## External links

- [Wye Grist Mill](http://www.oldwyemill.org/) - official site
- , including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust

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