Much of the lumberyard’s income comes from the town’s two larger lumber families, who pay to have their lumber processed here. The mill is a noisy place, with the constant grinding and churning of the wheel itself competing with the whine of the saws and the clatter of the loading ramp. The Menhemes family leaves the day-to-day administration of the mill to Klorte Hengus.
The Otari Mill is known locally as the Giant’s Wheel,
as its towering, 30-foot-diameter waterwheel is truly
a sight to behold.