Ramsey Mill and Old Mill Park

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caption = mill ruins in 2006
location= Hastings, Minnesota
locmapin = Minnesota
area =
built =1856
architect= Parke, Ira
architecture= No Style Listed
added = July 15, 1998
governing_body = State
refnum=98000872cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Ramsey Mill was built by Alexander Ramsey and Dr. Thomas Foster in 1856-1857 on the Vermillion River in the town of Hastings in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The river had a head of convert|19|ft|m|0 and a width of convert|50|ft|m|0 near the 4 story gristmill. An addition included a cooper shop and storage facility. Although Ramsey sold his interest in 1877, it retained his name. Maximum output was achieved in 1894, at 125 barrels per day. On December 22, 1894, the building burned, possibly due to arson.cite book|title=The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota|last=Nord|first=Mary Ann|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|date=2003|isbn=0-87351-448-3] [Citation| last = Kaplan| first = Anne| last2 = Ziebarth| first2 = Marilyn| title = Making Minnesota Territory, 1849-1858| year = 1999| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=Ozo-ds-jBFwC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=ramsey+mill+hastings&source=web&ots=b6o9uOajZs&sig=DHCjZt1FqAhwp1mY4z8XnIdRmqY#PPA102,M1| accessdate =2008-02-27]

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