[MassHistPres] Historic Tide Mill Conference Nov. 3 & 4, 2006

[ElsaFitzgerald at aol.com]

SECOND ANNUAL HISTORIC TIDEMILL CONFERENCE, to be  held November 3&4, 2006 at 
the Dorchester Historical Society in Dorchester,  Massachusetts.
A featured speaker will be Alexander Gorlov,  inventor of the helical turbine 
for use in tide mills.
 
>From earliest days, enterprising peoples of North  and South America took 
advantage of the Atlantic Coast's topography, damming  coves or marshes and 
setting water wheels to harness the power of the tides.  More than four hundred 
tide mills stretched from Maine to the Amazon.  The  sounds of their grinding 
millstones and the snarling rasp of their saws have  been silent now for more 
than three quarters of a century. But here and there,  the remains of this 
once-thriving activity can still be seen along the edge of  the tide. And 
forward-thinking entrepreneurs on two continents are seeking ways  to rejuvenate this 
age old technology.
 
Please alert those you think might be  interested.
 
Thank you.
 
Bud Warren - Co-chair, Program Committee
Second  Annual Historic Tidemill Conference


THE  DORCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY   
is pleased to present 
POWER  IN THE TIDES: 
THEN  AND NOW 



The  Second Annual  HISTORIC TIDEMILL  CONFERENCE  
Friday & Saturday November 3 & 4,  2006
____________›  PRELIMINARY PROGRAM  ›­­____________ 
Friday,  November 3   -  INFORMAL RECEPTION - 7-9  PM 
Refreshments,  Exhibits, Displays & Discussion
Saturday,  November 4  -  PRESENTATIONS  – 9AM –  4PM 
·        Mills of  Arlington and the Mystic River – Richard  Duffy 
·        The Torrey  Tidal Grist Mill on Deer Isle, Penobscot Bay – Bud  
Warren 
·        A  Newly-discovered Neponset Tide Mill – Earl Taylor  
·        Tide Mill  Artifacts for a Tide Mill  Museum – John  Goff 
Luncheon 
·        New  Jersey’s  Forgotten Tide Mills – Richard Hunter 
·        Tide Mills  Near the Mouth of the Amazon Traditional Technology & 
Its Reuse   
-          Scott  Anderson and Alexander Gorlov  (designer of the helical 
turbine) 
l    Reports of Tide Mill Research and Activity –  Volunteers 
Sunday,  November 5 –  POST-CONFERENCE ACTIVITY 
Self-Guided Field Trips to  Boston Area Tide  Mill Sites 
Opening  for additions to the program: Several  15-minute segments have been 
saved in the schedule for participants to report  about their research on and 
activity with tide mills. If you’ve got a tide mill  about which you’d like 
to share some information, please email _bwarren at gwi.net_ 
(mailto:bwarren at gwi.net)  by October  30th. 

Registration  fee includes Reception, Lunch, all Presentations and  
Activities 
Pre-Conference  Registration before November 1st  $10 – After November 2 or 
at the  door  $20 
Contact: DORCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY,195 Boston Street Dorchester, MA  
02125-1613  by calling Earl Taylor at  his day job -  800-663-6063