[MassHistPres] Tide Mill Conference Nov. 12th & 13th

[ElsaFitzgerald at aol.com]

Tide  Mill                                                                  
                                               
Institute 
“HERITAGE  AND SUSTAINABILITY” - The 6th  Annual Tide Mill Conference – 
November 12 &13, 2010 
Once again, the TIDE MILL INSTITUTE invites you to the  Boston area to 
examine the rich heritage of the world’s tide mills and explore  contemporary 
installations utilizing this ancient technology.  Environmentalists committed 
to  sustainable energy as well as scholars and tide mill enthusiasts are 
invited to  this important annual event. 
FRIDAY 12 Nov, 7-9  PM  INFORMAL RECEPTION -  Dorchester Historical Society 
195 Boston St.,  Dorchester 
SATURDAY 13 Nov  –PRESENTATIONS  at The Old  Schwamb Mill – 17 Mill  Lane –
 Arlington 8:30 AM   
8:30 -9:00 – REGISTRATION 
9:00   WELCOME! – Earl Taylor, Tide mill  Institute,& President of 
Dorchester Historical Society 
9:10   Today’s Venue:  Historical Water Power in  Arlington -  Richard 
Duffy,  author  &, historian of molinology 
9:40   21st  Century Helical Turbines  at Eastport, Maine  - Greg  Marquis, 
Ocean Renewable Power,  Portland, ME   
10:40   Break 
11:00   Chesapeake Bay Tide Mills - Susan  Langley, underwater 
archaeologist, Mid-Atlantic SPOOM Newsletter  editor 
11:45   Lunch 
12:30   Basque Tide Mills: Explorations in 2010  -  Richard Duffy – 
1:15  CAPE COD TIDE MILLS - Jim  Owens, Miller at the EasthamWindmill 
1:45  SOUTH THOMASON MAINE’S WESKEAG MILL - Chuck  Hartman. South Thomaston 
Historical Society 
2:15  OPEN  FORUM 
2:45-3:45 “Behind the Scenes! ” – A Live Demonstration                     
                                                                            
            of  product  being crafted on Schwamb  Mill’s Victorian-era     
                                                                            
                     wood-working machinery                                 
                                                                            
        
 
The mission of the TIDE MILL  INSTITUTE: 
advance appreciation of tide mill  technology; 
encourage research into historic tide  mill sites; 
serve as a repository for tide  mill data;  
promote appropriate re-uses of old  tide-mill sites; 
support the use of tides as a  contemporary energy source. 
CONFERENCE  FEE: $20            
Please RSVP so we can plan, but WALK INS ARE MOST  WELCOME! 
Earl  Taylor (_ermmwt at aol.com_ (mailto:ermmwt at aol.com) )781-272-6700        
                                                                            
                                                                         
Bud  Warren (_bwarren at gwi.net_ (mailto:bwarren at gwi.net) ) 207-373-1209         
     
THE  TIDE MILL INSTITUTE -  www.tidemillinstitute.org
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