Isaac R. Ludwig Historical Mill — Attraction in Ohio

We visited this mill on a weekday afternoon just after school had resumed, so we were able to take the self-guided tour by ourselves. A volunteer (in period dress) said they were available to answer any questions. The sawmill is water turbine powered, but was not operable because of a problem with its control gate. We learned this, along with many other interesting facts and tales from Carolyn Powers, that was there working on forming a name using cursive letters from a single iron rod. She took time to speak with us and even turned on shaft drive/pulley system for the grist mill equipment. We look forward to returning to view the grist and saw mills...

Was closed, presumably due to the season (January) but the learning center adjacent to the mill itself was unlocked, heated, and had an informational video playing on the screen.

Our kids walked around, the ones who could read studied the history timeline on the walls, and our youngest was fixated by the diorama of a boat sailing through the lock.

We visit all the time during the summer and the adjacent playground (a short walk down the towpath) makes for a fun play session and history lesson in...

First of all I used to work at the Mill and it was built by my great-great-great-grandfather we had a group from Lancaster Ohio a 3-hour drive visit the mail and ride the canal boat Rock Mill where they came from is another water powered Gristmill and they were curious to see Ludwig Mill took an hour and a half to see most things and then we rode the canal boat after that we went to Grand Rapids for lunch and a good time...