A Historical Review
Centuries ago, the mill carpenter fashioned wheels and gears from wood, putting the power
of water to industrial use. Those tradesmen were called "MILLWRIGHTS". As the
centuries turned, steel and alloys began to replace the wood these gears were made of.
The ancient millwright has passed away, has gone with the old time carpenter.
An evolutionary process called progress and it's pressure for specialization has created, rather than removed, the need for millwrights today.
Modern millwrights work with their brains as well as with their hands, millwrights must be able to read blueprints, assemble machinery, solve mechanical problems and possess a good technical education in order to be of use in their vocation.
Technical development and industrial diversification has increased and compounded the educational skills needed for modern millwrights. Today this trade is taught through five years of classroom and on the job apprenticeship training.