Weinel Mill

Kaysville's first industry ground grain by water. John Weinel, a German immigrant newly arrived in Utah, built this flour mill in 1854 on Webb's Creek — an overshot mill, its wheel turned by water dropping from above, housed in a two-story building forty feet long, walls of native stone and timbers of local pine. The grinding stones weighed more than a ton and came by ox team from a canyon down near Bingham. It stood as one of the town's earliest commercial ventures, a settlement's first step past pure subsistence.

What the plaque says

Built in 1854 by John Weinel a native of Germany who came to Utah about 1853, the mill was the “overshot” water powered type & was erected on Webb’s Creek ¼ mile N.E. of this site. Native stones were used for the walls and pines for it’s timbers. It was 40 ft. long, 18 ft. wide, and two stories high. Ox teams brought the flour grinding stones weighing 2,200 lbs. from a canyon near Bingham, Utah. This marker is dedicated in honor of our pioneers and Kaysville’s first commercial industries.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lagoon Amusement Park — 4.2 mi
  A beloved family amusement park operating since 1886
• Hill Aerospace Museum — 5.7 mi
  Over 90 military aircraft displayed indoors and on the tarmac
• Ogden Union Station — 13 mi
  A grand 1924 train depot turned museum complex
• Snowbasin — 13 mi
  One of the country's oldest ski areas and a 2002 Olympic downhill venue — world-class terrain that somehow still skis uncrowded.

More markers nearby

• Kaysville Presbyterian Church — steps away
• Kaysville Tabernacle — steps away
• The House Where John Taylor Died — 1.7 mi
• Stage Coach Station — 2.1 mi