The General store left, with a barn behind it, 

the dam  and mill pond, Campbell's  mill, the  

road coming south that used the covered bridge  

(just out of site on the right of  the photo).

               

                 

  

Lick creek road left, heading south  parallel  with Lick creek toward  Hunsinger's sawmill and  

house, the mill,  Campbell's house with  

out-house, a barn  at   the beginning of the  

Devils Elbow and  the general  store barely  

visable. 

      

         

 

The Covered bridge across Level Branch creek showing it's reflection in the mill pond. See also another photo just below. 

   

 The Covered bridge was built in late 1849 connecting the wagon roads of Lick Creek and Kelly   

Hill, by crossing the bridge  to meet Sugar Hill Rd. The Covered bridge served the local residents  

and farmers for over a century. It was constructed somewhat similar to the "Queen Post" style.  

The sign on top of the bridge says "Warning 10 ft. Clearance", the sign on the right says " 3 Tons  

Safe Limit". In 1954 or 1955 the Covered bridge was sold to a Mr. Otis Hatch for the amount of  

$82.50. Local residents Carl Pardoe and Otis Hatch dismantled the bridge for it's lumber. The large  

timbers went to a Keith McCarty for use at his saw mill. As of 2004 the stone foundations are still in  

place reminding us of times lost to the  past. 

 

The Farmers would stay overnight on the covered bridge to wait their turn at the mill the following morning.  

A  social gathering would develop with politcal discussions and a sip from the old jug to settle their nerves. 

                                                                    

                                                                                          See the "Campbellville Today" page. 

       

       

 

Campbellville Mill Dam 

 

 Powell Norton with his dog beside him sitting on top of the mill dam that he was rebuilding after the June 1883 flood. 

 

 

     

 

        

 

Residence and General Store & P.O. 

 

This photo was taken after the mill was washed away in December 1901 leaving just the house and the General store and Post Office.

 

         

 

One of the last two homes in Campbellville 

 

A photo of Alice Driscoll sitting on her porch taken in 1939 with a 1934 Plymouth parked in front. Only the barn and covered bridge (out of site) were left.

              

            

 

 Ed Norton after inspecting the covered bridge is returning to the General store and Post Office. The  road behind him was known as Kelly Hill Road, running past the old school house and north to Overton. 

    

     

 

This photo was taken in August 1930 although the mill had been washed away twenty-nine years prior, the general store was still in operation. The old wooden bridge crossing Lick creek  had been replaced with an iron truss bridge.

        

      

 

 

 

St. Philip and James Catholic church 

 

Leaving the mill heading up Kelly Hill Rd. then turning left across the Covered bridge and arriving  at the top of Sugar Hill Rd., you would find the St. Philip and James Catholic church. It had been blessed by Bishop John Newman in 1854. The cemetary tomb stones are mostly all Irish pioneers.

  

   

Above:  The standard large wheel mill.  

 

 

Center: The advanced water turbine is                submerged below water. 

 

 

Right: The mill flume (floom) and gate,  

 the water power to drive the turbine.

      

       

 

The Water Turbine 

        

       

 

The Mill (floom) Flume