Usquepaug, Rhode Island
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Usquepaug (or "Usquepaugh") is a village in the towns of Richmond and South Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, along the Usquepaug River and near the Usquepaug Road Historic District.
The village is home to Kenyon Corn Meal Company, a grist mill founded in the late 17th century, and currently located in a building constructed in 1886. The white corn meal[1] is used in a traditional Rhode Island food, johnny cakes.[2]
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Kenyon Corn Meal Company interior in 2008
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Kenyon Corn Meal Company interior in 2008
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Corn over the grinding stone in Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh, RI, (near Kingston) 1940
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Kenyon Corn Meal Company in Usquepaugh in 2008
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.johnnycakefestival.com/johnny_cakes.html (accessed December 4, 2012)
- ^ kenyonsgristmill.com "history" (accessed November 6, 2008)
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Coordinates: 41°30′11″N 71°36′32″W / 41.50306°N 71.60889°W
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