Staff and volunteers are rebuilding the mill’s giant waterwheel using only tools that would have been available in the 18th century in Glen Mills on Friday, Apr. 11, 2025.© Emily Whitney/The ...

The waterwheel at Wake County's historic Yates Mill County Park is being replaced.ABC11 was there Thursday as work to remove the 12-foot wheel began. It's the last operable water-powered gristmill in ...

Yates Mill, one of the last functioning gristmills in the country, needs to replace its iconic 12-foot waterwheel. The wheel has worn out and threatening its centuries-old tradition of grinding corn.

The 4,000-pound wheel is about 12 feet wide and 24 feet long. The idea for the waterwheel began with Andrew Dibble, the first superintendent of parks and recreation for the city.