Connected

The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. ~Daniel D. Palmer
These impressive gears are part of a head gate at Thompson's Mills, the historic flouring mill I've been photographing since last summer, and the photo proves how a simple image can lead to unexpected knowledge information.

I wanted a quote to accompany it, so I tossed my request into Google and found a seemingly appropriate line to use, from Daniel D. Palmer. Who? That's what I wondered, and how I learned he founded chiropractic in the 1890s. That was also during the time Martin Thompson assumed full ownership of Boston Mills, renaming the facility Boston Rolling Mills. In 1910, after his death, his wife Sophia changed the name again, to Thompson's Flouring Mills.