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Thompson's Mills State Heritage Site, Shedd, OR

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Thompson's Mills State Heritage Site

A restored 19th-century water-powered grain mill on the Calapooia River in Linn County, with working machinery demonstrated on tours.

32655 Boston Mill Drive, Shedd, OR 97377 · Shedd, OR

About Thompson's Mills State Heritage Site

Thompson's Mills is a state heritage site near Shedd that traces more than 150 years of rural Oregon life through a mill that its owners kept adapting to new conditions. Visitors can take self-guided or guided tours and watch the turbines and milling machinery run, with demonstrations powered by water or electricity. The mill's water right dates to before Oregon became a state, and the site also offers fishing spots on the nearby river and grounds that suit picnics, reunions, painting and school field trips.

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