corning mill

Coarse-toothed rollers then cracked the cakes and passed them to the corning mill.

When the press cake went to the corning mill, grains of various sizes were produced, but there had to be consistency amongst the different grain sizes.

Shortly after reporting for work on Saturday, 29 July 1843, John Carol and Jeremiah Long donned their working clothes and special shoes and went to their place of work at the granulating (corning mill).