B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill

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B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill
Location Mystic, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°23′57″N71°57′14″W / 41.39907°N 71.95396°W / 41.39907; -71.95396
Construction
Completed1898

B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill is a historic cider mill located in Mystic, Connecticut. It is the oldest and only surviving steam powered cider mill in the United States. [1] [2] It is also the oldest continuous producer of hard cider in the United States. [3]

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History

Benjamin F. Clyde began selling apple cider in 1881, but had it pressed at other mills. He purchased his own mill in 1897. [4] The mill itself was installed in 1898. [5] [6] It has all steel construction and has one of the final screw presses. [7]

Since then, ownership of the mill has passed from generation to generation within the family, [8] spanning six generations as of today. [9] [10] Visiting the mill is a local tradition. [1] [11]

In 1994 it was listed as a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the ASME. [12] [13]

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