Then and now: Spokane Flour Mill

From the early milling business boom, only the Spokane Flour Mill still stands. It almost didn’t get going.

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Sun., June 30, 2019

Circa 1910 - Spokane Flour Mill, left, and Centennial Mill, right, sat side by side on the north bank of the Spokane River, using water power to mill wheat into flour. They were two of four major riverside mills that were built in Spokane’s earliest days.

Frank Palmer Sr
The Spokane Flour Mill, left, and the Spokane Federal Credit Union sit on the north bank of the Spokane River Friday, June 28, 2019. The Flour Mill is the last of four large mills that sprang up around the river in Spokane’s early days.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review