The Old Powder Mills in the Upper Cobbs Creek ran until the 1840s
The Old Powder Mills in the Upper Cobbs Creek ran until the 1840s

The Old Powder Mills in the Upper Cobbs Creek ran until the 1840s

This is William Rodgers house, built opposite the Upper Cobbs Creek dam. He ran the Nitre Hall Powder Mills for the mills’ last years in the powder mill business from 1825-1840. The Nitre Hall Powder Mills prospered with an output of 800,000 pounds of gun powder produced during the war of 1812. More information can be found here: http://www.phillyh2o.org/backpages/cobbs_eckfeldtbook.htm.