Shenandoah--Dives Mill
Also known as: Mayflower MillCO 110, 2 mi. NE of Silverton, Silverton, Colorado
Photos
Shenandoah-Dives Mill
AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING EAST-NORTHEAST, SHOWING THE POWERHOUSE IN THE CENTER, ANIMAS RIVER ON THE RIGHT, AND THE SHENANDOAH-DIVES (MAYFLOWER) MILL AND TAILINGS PONDS IN THE DISTANCE.
Photo from the Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
Map
Coordinates:
+37.81750, -107.6272737°49'03" N, 107°37'38" W
Quadrangle map:Silverton
Description
The Shenandoah-Dives Mil is an exceptional example of early twentieth-century American flotation mills. The building is a multi-level, wood-and-metal structure housing an intact collection of equipment that exemplifies flotation-milling practice during the twentieth-century.
-- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER CO-91)
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 2000
- Reference number
- 00000262
- Areas of significance
- Industry; Engineering
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Manufacturing facility
- Current function
- Museum
- Period of significance
- 1925-1949
- Significant years
- 1928; 1938
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 2
Contributing structures: 2
Non-contributing buildings: 4
Non-contributing structures: 1
Non-contributing sites: 1