Rapids Cider Mill

12/22/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 🎄
We wish you a season filled with love, peace, and joyful memories that carry into the New Year.

09/02/2025

08/22/2025

We're back to work on the hydraulic unit for the press. Bob machined the 100+ year old cast iron press cylinder to clean up years of wear.

02/09/2024

12/20/2023

We hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! May the new year bring you health, wealth, and joy.

12/17/2023

Does this pedal tractor look familiar? We'd like to thank Paul Gambel again for making sure these signs and his old pedal tractor made it back to the mill.

11/11/2023

If Rapids had a single likeness identifying the hamlet, it would be the owl. All roads lead to a large statue, which sits proudly at the corner of Plank and

10/01/2023

We had a great time opening the mill yesterday for the OpOverwatch Fall Festival! It was nice to see everyone again and make new friends. We'd like to thank Paul Gambel for sharing his stories and childhood memories with everyone. Also, many thanks to Larry, Sharon, Gary, and Debbie for their help throughout the day.

09/23/2023

Happy First Day of Fall! 🍂🍎🎃 We're looking forward to the OpOverwatch Fall Festival next Saturday!

09/03/2023

We are excited to be a part of the OpOverwatch Fall Festival this year!

All is free for LE and their families, including food trucks. If you need an email pdf to distribute, shoot us a message.

05/12/2023

On the far southeast corner of the town of Lockport, its character shaped by the wandering Tonawanda Creek, lies the memorable hamlet of Rapids. There were several hamlets in the

01/17/2023

We found a cooling tank for the filling room today! It came from the West Flats dairy farm in Varysburg, NY. We enjoyed meeting Theodore West at his family's farm this afternoon and we then went to see his cider mill!