Template:Did you know nominations/Kline's Mill, Virginia

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 22:11, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Kline's Mill, Virginia

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• ... that Kline's Mill is a rare surviving example of an Oliver Evans milling system from 1794? Source: "a mill with its original machinery, in this case based on the Oliver Evans system, is rare." - "Kline's Mill" article in Archipedia
  • ALT1: ... that Anthony Kline built the millwork for Kline's Mill completely by hand in 1794 and the millwork survives today? Source: Kline's Mill ... was built in 1794 by Jacob Kline, whose son, Anthony ... did a great deal of the work and made most of the machinery in it. - Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume 5, Page 893 & "Kline's Mill" article in Archipedia
  • ALT2: ... that during the Civil War, Yankee soldiers, as they were traveling through, took pillow cases off the beds in a nearby house and filled them with cornmeal from Kline's Mill in Virginia? Source: "I remember my father telling me that grandfather told him stories about the Yankees coming through and taking the pillow slips off the bed at the house and filling them with meal for the soldiers." - "Milling around - 200-year-old Kline's Mill was a commercial hub", Linda McCarty, The Winchester Star, July 28, 1988, Page 4.
  • ALT3: ... that a past resident called Kline's Mill "the first shopping mall in the county"? Source: "Mary Henderson, was born in Anthony and Jemima Kline's house ... 'It was the first shopping mall in the county' " - "Milling around - 200-year-old Kline's Mill was a commercial hub", Linda McCarty, The Winchester Star, July 28, 1988, Page 4.
  • ALT4: ... that Anthony Kline, his wife Jemima and their family lived inside the mill he built for over 25 years? Source: "Anthony and his wife, Jemima, lived in the mill until 1820." - "Milling around - 200-year-old Kline's Mill was a commercial hub", Linda McCarty, The Winchester Star, July 28, 1988, Page 1.
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5x expanded by Shearonink (talk). Self-nominated at 01:48, 11 October 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Shearonink: Good job. Gonna have to assume good faith with the offline sources and hope for the best. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:47, 12 October 2022 (UTC)