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.