The last of its kind, it came back to life after several years of the Donovan Mill volunteers completely disassembling it and putting it back together. Goldsworthy brothers, Jeff and Jim, were successful in starting the oil engine. Donovan Mill volunteers are an amazing team bringing this project together. The project was begun with 'first on site' volunteers, John Ollson, and Mark Perkins.  

VP Tadeo presents new member Steven Saylor, Comstock Foundation for History & Culture, his membership certificate.

On Saturday November 19th the Comstock Foundation held a Volunteer Appreciation luncheon at the Donovan Mill. Celebrating a year of major accomplishments by our intrepid volunteers who show up and generously donate their time. Major accomplishments this year include final repair of the Ingersol Rand IR Oil motor, which the volunteers got running this past week. A global search for this motor confirmed it's the last one of its kind, and we are proud to be able to share it with future...

We lost one of our main volunteers on December 7th.  Mark Perkins was a most excellent welder, machinist and a huge asset to our work at the Donovan Mill.  Our Tuesday volunteer work crew is saddened with news of his passing.  We are proud of Mark's work with us at the Donovan Mill.

The Donovan Mill is open to the public on Tuesdays when our superhero volunteers are actively restoring the property. Stop by and see how the window reconstruction (funded by the Daughters of the American Revolution) is going; they are actually fabricating windows to be historically accurate! Schedule a guided tour with our docents, take part in living history talks and walk throughs. Visit the gift shop, find an interest in blacksmithing, or learn about other important historic technologies...