Sawmill News

Updated 10/14/2025  

Fall 2025 visitor season  Saturdays 1-4 pm in October and November

50 years of the Ledyard Up-Down Sawmill museum!

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Fall is a wonderful time to visit the historic water-powered Ledyard Up-Down Sawmill! The pond is still very low because of the dry summer and early fall weather, so we don't know how much sawing we can do for Saturdays October 18 and 25.

(The mill is open every Saturday afternoon in Oct and Nov whether or not we can saw.)

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Sawmill Park is open to the public every day of the year. The park with the mill pond, wood bridges over Lee Brook, and the picturesque mill buildings are always a treat to visit.

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The Ledyard Up-Down sawmill in Ledyard, Connecticut is a rare surviving example of a technology that was once commonplace – a water-powered up-and-down, or sash-type sawmill.  Restored to operating condition in the 1970s and operated by volunteers, the mill is open to the public for sawing demonstrations on Saturday afternoons in the spring and fall.  There is no admission charge.

Visitors can also view the blacksmith shop, circular sawmill, shingle machine, ice harvesting tools, gristmill and other mill artifacts.  See Exhibits. 

The sawmill is owned by the town of Ledyard, Connecticut and administered by the Ledyard Historic District Commission.