The Roslyn Grist Mill circa 1905 (left) and as it is today.
RESTORING HISTORY:
The Story Of The Roslyn Grist Mill By Mike Adams
(Top Left: Photo courtesy of Howard Kroplick, Top Right: Photo by Mike Adams)
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ROSLYN NEWS MAGAZINE
At this very moment, the old Roslyn Grist Mill is sitting suspended in the air, propped up by Jenga-like towers of wooden beams four feet above Old Northern Boulevard and eight feet above where it had previously sat for decades. When groaning hydraulic lifts hoisted the old mill into the air on Jan. 23 to lay in a new foundation, it marked a watershed moment in the decades-long struggle to restore the creaky wooden structure that played such an important role in the history of Roslyn. For Roslyn Landmark Society President Howard Kroplick, one of the driving forces behind the restoration project, seeing the mill pass above the street for the first time in more than a century, surrounded by cameras and politicians and wide-eyed villagers, was a thing of beauty. “It was a great day, I’m still floating from it,” Kroplick says.
