Vermont Route 12 ( VT 12 ) is a 101.627-mile-long (163.553 km) north-south state highway in Vermont that runs from Weathersfield to Morrisville .
5-504: The Old Red Mill is a historic mill complex at Vermont Route 12 and Lovers Lane in southern Northfield, Vermont . Built in 1898, the building houses a nearly intact water-powered grain grinding mechanism from the period. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The Old Red Mill stands at the northern edge of the village of South Northfield, at the southwest corner of Vermont Route 12 with Lovers Lane. It
10-486: A concrete dam and penstock , which direct water into a metal turbine. The turbine powers the main drive shaft, from which power was transferred to other devices via leather or rubberized canvas belts. Surviving equipment includes conveyor belts and grain cleaning and milling equipment. Mills have existed on this site since at least the early 19th century. This mill was built as a replacement for one that burned in 1896 by M.W. Partch in 1897–98. The gristmill operated until
15-490: Is set between Route 12 and Sunny Brook, a branch of the Dog River which was the source of its power. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and vertical board siding. It is set on a foundation of slate, and has two additions extending away from the brook and toward the road. The first has a higher gabled roof and is capped by a cupola, while the second has a shed roof. The mill received its water power via
20-575: The mid-1940s, and was joined in the building by a cider mill in the 1930s. A number of auxiliary outbuildings, primarily for the storage of grain, have been demolished. Vermont Route 12 Route 12 is one of the Vermont roads on which moose are most often encountered. They are common from Worcester to Elmore . Route 12 begins at the New Hampshire state line on the Connecticut River in
25-575: The town of Weathersfield . It continues north along the west bank of the Connecticut River, overlapped with U.S. Route 5 , until Hartland . It then heads northwest to Woodstock and then north through Montpelier to end at Vermont Route 15A in Morrisville . Vermont Route 12 runs parallel to Interstate 89 from the Woodstock/ Hartford vicinity to Montpelier. Vermont Route 12A is
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