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Knockando (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Cheannachd) is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is a farming centre and the location of both the Knockando distillery and the Tamdhu distillery.
It is also the location of Knockando Wool Mill, which has been producing textiles since 1784 and which achieved national fame as a finalist in the second series of the BBC's Restoration television series in 2004.
Knockando Woolmill sits in the Spey Valley, on the same site it has occupied for over 230 years. Fresh, contemporary designs are woven alongside traditional tweeds and classic woollen blankets - all produced with the same attention to detail and skilled craftsmanship that has been at the heart of the Woolmill since the beginning.
First listed as the 'Wauk Mill' in parish records from 1784, Knockando Woolmill was always at the heart of the community, with local farmers bringing their fleeces to be converted into fabric or knitting yarn. As the industrial revolution crept north, the Woolmill acquired new pieces of equipment, mechanising the labour-intensive processes of carding and spinning that had always been done by hand.
One of the last district mills its kind, the Woolmill was passed down through generations of families up until 2000. By then, the strain of continuous production had taken its toll, and it was recognised that a fundamental overhaul was needed to save the precious machinery and buildings from ruin. The Trust was set up in 2000, and for 12 years they worked hard to renovate the Grade A listed site.
Following the extensive restoration project, during which the Victorian machinery was painstakingly dismantled, repaired and rebuilt, the Woolmill is once again fully operational. Open seasonally since 2012, visitors can experience the sights and sounds of a working Woolmill, learn the rich history of the site and browse the range of quality woollen throws, scarves and accessories.
Here is one of the machines still working
Todmorden, West Yorkshire.
Wherever you go in the world there will always be unloved, unused and discarded farm equipment, usually rusting away in a corner of the field.
This one I suspect is still in use. Resting in the middle of the field and the lack of long grass growing through it suggests this piece of machinery's working life is not quite over.
At Nippori station, Tokyo.
3xp(2EV) handheld.
[EDITED]
- 3 exposures (-2EV, 0EV +2EV). EXIF for middle
- SLR camera and lens: Nikon D80 /w Tamron SP AF11-18mm (A13N)
- tripod and head: handheld
- software: Photomatix Pro 2.5.3 on MS-Windows XP
An antique Reaper-Binder on display at Elmer's Hideout in Taylor Township in Black River Matheson in Northeastern Ontario Canada
One of the old abandoned boats on the beach at Dungeness. The old winch would have been used to pull the boat up out of the water
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Vecchi macchinari all'interno di una corderia ormai da tempo abbandonata // Old machinery inside an old rope factory
The challenge for the 365 Project this week is the colour red. On the way to collect the dogs from the kennels I saw this old farm machine left, I presume, to prevent travellers and others for getting onto the land ...
Day 30 of the 365 Project ...
At a heavy construction equipment rental company in Madison, Alabama, The company must rent a lot of these as this is only a portion of the ones at this location and there is another location nearby with several more.
Taken back in '08 with my d50. Had trouble at the time getting it how I wanted back then. Now, in '18, Exposure X4 gets it where I want it.
Not sure if this is a crane or what.
This shot was taken in colour mode with my DSLR - it is a grey, nearly colourless subject (there are tiny bits of green, yellow and brown in the image).
Farm machinery at the Martynn Farmstead. This was once a farm operated by a "back to nature" family in the 1960's, now owned by the Armand Bayou Nature Center in Clear Lake, Texas and used as a learning center.
Photographer: Fred H. Politinsky
Subject: Industrial Machinery
The machine yes the machine / never wastes anybody's time / never watches the foreman / never talks back.
---- Carl Sandburg, The People, Yes (1936)
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