Boston Flour Mill is a historic

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Shedd, Oregon Shedd is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Linn County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 99E. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 204. History In 1858, a community and gristmill was established abo ...

. It was built in 1863 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is part of the Thompson's Mills State Heritage Site. The mill has been the site of field schools of both the historic preservation program and the archaeology program of the

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, in 2003 and 2005 respectively.

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The Boston Mill SocietyHistoric images of Boston Mill
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Historic American Engineering Record Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes ...

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