Site of Sloat's Saw Mill

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	Site & Ruins of Sloat's Saw Mill c. 1850-1861

Site No. 25	opposite 7 Rockleigh Road
Links The Sloat Family	Around 1850-1860, Jenkins Sloat came from New York City to the farm village. He purchased the old Abraham "D" Haring Manor House and properties. He built and operated a saw mill on the south side of Sneden Landing Road (lower Rockleigh Road) on the Sparkill Brook across from the road his home. The mill dam created a large pond between the mill site and the Ryker-Mabie-Conklin-Sneden House. The processing at the saw mill was a simple operation and lumber was only rough-cut for floor boards, construction and siding. "Across the road, in front of the Rose Haven School, is the site of a former pond and saw mill, where logs from the adjoining mountain were sawed to make lumber. Operated by a German named Gus, the grinding of the logs was done by means of water run through a sluice from the dam to an overshot water wheel, producing the power."* * From the handwritten notes of Newt Sneden, 1974. Courtesy of John A. Sneden, Jr. The saw mill was in operation for approximately 15-25 years. Its water wheels stopped and the saw mill closed in the last quarter of the 19th century. All that remains of the mill as it's location recorded on a 1861 map, the ruins of a stone-walled embankment on the brook, and the outline of the mill pond.

	Reference Maps
	Walker's Atlas (1876)	Saw Mill
	Beers (1891)	S. Mill

	References
	Bergen County Historic Sites Survey, Borough of Rockleigh. 1981-1982. Bergen County Office of Cultural and Historic Affairs, Hackensack, NJ