Gambrill's
Mill
Located along Bush Creek, the mill was built in 1830. In 1856 it was purchased by James H. Gambrill who owned and operated the mill into the 1890's. It was James Gambrill who brought the mill to its full potential. The mill was run by an inside undershot water wheel that had a maximum of 30 horsepower. The output of the mill. was sixty barrels of flour per day. Six to eight coopers were employed to produce barrels for the mill products. A newspaper article described Gambrill's mill in detail:
"By far, the Gambrill's mill did the most extensive business of all. Its products were first class and known far and wide as such. The neat, well-appointed mill was up-to-the-minute ... it was pleasure to accompany the big wagon team on its stated trips to Gambrill's The squat neat old mill, the more than comfortable atmosphere of the place and last, but not least, the handsome jolly miller, all combined to make. one's visits a genuine pleasure ".
Take a walk
along the
Gambrill's Mill Trail
During the Battle of Monocacy, Union forces were positioned in lines of battle in the yard of the mill. The building was set up as a field hospital, although as Major General Lew Wallace declared in his autobiography, "the place appeared well selected for the purpose, its one inconvenience being that it was under fire." As the Federal forces fell back towards Baltimore, Confederate troops moved in and occupied the mill and surrounding area.
