THE RUBICON
FACTORY,
Two miles below Dayton.
The subscribers inform their friends and the public, that their Carding and Spinning machines are now in complete operation, having this season made considerable improvement in their Factory—they are prepared to Card and Spin wool in the best manner.
| For | Carding common wool | 6 1·4 cts. per lb |
| ” | Spinning chain per doz. | 18 3·4 cents, |
| ” | do. filling per do. | 15 do. |
| ” | Carding, Spinning and Weaving Cloth in 500 Reed, | 31 1·4 do. |
| ” | do. | all above 500 in proportion, |
| ” | do. Casinett, | do. |
| ” | do. Satinett, | 37 1·2 cts. |
Every attention shall be paid to work committed to them, that it shall be done in the best manner and to the satisfaction of those employing them.
Produce will be received, in part payment, at the market price.
K. PATTERSON,
H. HYATT.
May 12th, 1823. 73 if
An old water wheel near Dayton, long since retired from active service but still in position. The millstone in the foreground was probably brought here on pack horses for its sections are bound together with iron bonds.
In those early days, manufacturing in the Miami Valley was limited. Here, as elsewhere throughout the country, the stone block for crushing corn was succeeded by the hand mill which, in turn, was superseded by a mill operated by horse power. The next step was the change to water power which brought the water wheel into use.