METAL AT THE MILL EXPLORATION DAY

Join Hanford Mills Museum on September 7 from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm for our Metal at the Mill Exploration Day. This day will feature the Dan Rion Memorial Antique Engine Jamboree, and the museum has invited regional collectors of historic engines, tractors, doodlebugs, outboard motors, vehicles, and other machines to display their collections. Hanford Mills staff and volunteers will also display and demonstrate some of the historic engines and machinery that are in our own collection.

A variety of exhibitors and vendors will join us for the day. Representatives from the New York Power Authority’s BlenheimGilboa Visitor Center will be educating visitors about their hydroelectric plant with a STEM activity. DeForest Axe & Toolworks will have restored woodworking tools, leather goods and other items for sale. In addition, Intelligent Green Solutions will be at Exploration Day to talk to visitors about their solar power solutions for homes and businesses.

Food products will be available for sale as well. Helen’s Little Kitchen food truck will be on-site, offering breakfast and lunch. Brookside Maple & Farm is a fourth-generation family farm that raises beef and produces maple syrup and other maple products. Union Grove Distillery will be offering tastings of their products that will also be for sale. Visitors are also welcome to bring their own lunch and snacks and enjoy all food at our picnic tables.

Stoddard Hollow String band will be playing music from 1:00 until 3:00 pm. They perform traditional and original songs that capture the sound and spirit of old-time Appalachian mountain music.

Check our website, hanfordmills.org, or our social media channels for updates.

About Hanford Mills Museum

Experience a story of innovation, ingenuity and entrepreneurship at a historic working mill site. Sheltered in a valley in the northwestern Catskills of New York, Hanford Mills Museum offers insights into the past and lessons about the relationships between people, the things they make, and the places they live. As one of only a handful of operating water-powered mills, the museum has earned a place on both the National and NYS Registers of Historic Places.

Hanford Mills is located at 51 County Highway 12 in East Meredith, at the intersection of Delaware County Routes 10 & 12, just 10 miles from Oneonta, and 15 miles from Delhi. For more information, visit hanfordmills.org or call 607 278 5744.