Bark Mill
Bark mills, also known as Catskill's mills, are water, steam, horse, ox or wind-powered edge mills used to process the bark, roots, and branches of various tree species into a fine powder known as tanbark, used for tanning leather. This powdering allowed the tannin to be extracted more efficiently from its woody source material.Muspratt Bark Mill
Retrieved : 2011-02-03 A barker would strip the bark from trees so that it might be ground in such mills, and the dried bark was often stored in bark houses.

Bark mill machinery

Various machinery was used to chop, grind, riddle and pound the bark. These included Farcot’s bark-cutting machi ...
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