Mill Springs Park (Kentucky)

Wayne County (Kentucky)

The park is located on Highway 1275, just off Highway 90 between Somerset and Monticello, and 4 miles from Conley Bottom Resort. Monticello, located just 9 miles from the Mill, has many accommodations for your convenience. For more information on this historic area, call the Monticello/Wayne County Chamber of Commerce at (606)348-3064.

Bolan E. Roberts bought the mill in 1907 and operated it as "Diamond Roller Mills." In 1908, the 28-foot cedar wheel was replaced by a steel water wheel. Still in use the wheel is one of the largest overshot water wheels in the world. The wheel has a diameter of 40 feet, 10 inches, and a breast of three feet. Powered by 13 natural springs located beside the mill, it is thought to be one of the largest of it's kind in the world.

Mill Springs is now on the National Register of Battlefields and is one of 25 Civil War battlefields that is included on a special Endangered Battlefield list.
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