Springdale Mills, also known as Shank's Mill and Shockey Mills, is a historic

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...

located at Washington Township in

Franklin County, Pennsylvania Franklin County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 155,932 Its county seat is Chambersburg. Franklin County comprises the Chambersburg–Waynesboro, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...

. It was built in 1857, and is a 3 1/-2-story, banked brick building with a

fieldstone Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction mate ...

foundation. A 24-foot diameter Fitz overshot wheel was installed between 1900 and 1910. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

in 1975.

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"Family wants to get Shank's Mill turning again," June 20, 2005, by Richard F. Belisle, herald-mail.com
Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Industrial buildings completed in 1857 Buildings and structures in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Grinding mills in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Pennsylvania 1857 establishments in Pennsylvania {{FranklinCountyPA-NRHP-stub