in a shed to protect from the rain until needed. The tanbark was then reduced to a coarse powder at the tanbark mill using a contemporary German practice of bark stamping. This set the Moravians apart as most early American bark mills utilized animal-powered stone rollers to crush the bark. Gallery References External links Tannery, Monocacy Creek vicinity, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA: 25 photos, 16 measured drawings, and 2 photo caption pages, at Historic American Buildings Survey Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites official Tannery Page U.S. Tentative List: Moravian Church Settlements Library of Congress: Tannery, Monocacy Creek Vicinity, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Industrial buildings completed in 1761 Buildings and structures in Northampton County, Pennsylvania Tanneries National Register of Historic Places in Northampton County, Pennsylvania