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After finishing up at Yuengling 2532 goes around the Pottsville leg of the wye on the way home to West Cressona.
Continuing in my subject/slideshow fashion we'll take a look at the R&N around Pottsvile. They serve what I think is still a team track and 2 Yuengling breweries around town. The Pottsville Branch from Port Clinton ends at Pottsville Junction, a switch which is probably technically in Mount Carbon. There is about a half mile spur from there north towards downtown Pottsville while the Middleport Runner (the former Passenger Main as this was from Port Clinton to Tamaqua) goes about 10 or 12 miles to Middleport. About 2 miles up the runner past Pottsville Junction is Mill Creek Junction and the connection(s) with the Saint Clair Runner to Yuengling's brewery at the south end of the old Reading Co. St. Clair yard in Port Carbon. The track to this brewery had been abandoned but was put back in in 2002, a great opportunity as the arch bridges you'll see in this sequence are on the wyes of Mill Creek Junction which was the relaid track.
My daughter and I finally went out to snap some local photos. This is Starrs Mill near where we live. I used the classical oil brush technique in CPE4 to give it this painterly effect.
Built at the start of the Industrial Revolution, Quarry Bank Mill is a wonderfully well preserved cotton mill, now in the care of the National Trust. Knowledgable guides are there to show many of the machines working, and the cotton calico they produce is for sale in the shop.
HFF!
Another Friday spent along the rails of Cape Cod did not disappoint.
The noon Canal Excursion from Buzzards Bay is headed south to its turnaround point at the great marshes in Barnstable. It is seen here crossing Mill Creek in the center of Sandwich at MP 62 on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal operated former New Haven Railroad Cape Mainline.
Leading the way is MC 2009, a rare model GP28 built by EMD in Nov. 1964 for the Illinois Central as their #9439. Only 31 of the 1800 hp units were built and only 16 of those were for US roads. Bracketing the five car train on the north end is recently repainted FL9 #2011 (blt. Sept. 1960 as NH #2038).
Sandwich, Massachusetts
Friday September 15, 2023
Dover, UK.
Closed as a paper mill in 2000. Currently under development into housing.
I'm looking forward to seeing the clock tower reconditioned, and hopefully the clocks working again.
Quarry Bank Mill was founded in 1784 by a young textile merchant, Samuel Greg, Quarry Bank Mill was one of the first generation of water-powered cotton spinning mills. Styal was chosen for a number of reasons, not least because of the suitable head of water provided by the River Bollin and its proximity to the Bridgewater Canal and thus Liverpool. As the Greg enterprise flourished, the Mill itself was extended and a working community established at Styal. This included two chapels, a school and a shop as well as cottages and 'terraced' housing. By the 1830's Samuel Greg & Co. was one of the largest cotton manufacturing businesses in Britain with four other mills as well as Quarry Bank.
Samuel Greg, the Mill's founder, gained experience and contacts in the textile trade whilst working for his uncles' merchant-manufacturing business from 1778, inheriting the company 4 years later. He built the Mill as a water powered cotton spinning mill in 1784, continuing to manage its affairs until his death in 1834. The Mill underwent considerable development, with more machinery and waterwheels added, and a steam engine installed. He learnt to appreciate the value in looking after his workforce. He was a speculative businessman who made a considerable fortune from his activities.
Samuel's main business partner was Peter Ewart, who brought technical skill to the firm. He served from 1796 - 1815, although his involvement was purely nominal from 1811. Ewart had been an apprentice with Boulton and Watt, then serving as the company's Northern agent, and was a partner in Samuel Oldknow's Stockport cotton spinning business in 1792 - 93. He oversaw improvements to water power and machinery, and introduced steam power to the Mill in 1810. Gregs' managers were largely responsible for the day-to-day running of the Mill, enabling their masters to concentrate upon the broader issues facing the family enterprise and the industry, particularly under Samuel and Robert Hyde's leadership.
Samuel's son, Robert Hyde Greg, continued to expand the Mill and introduced weaving in 1838. He replaced his father as the figurehead of the family enterprise, although this caused him considerable strife from the late 1840's as some of the other mills managed by his brothers began to fail. He retired in 1870 and died 5 years later. Unlike his father, he had outside interests, whether influencing political opinion (he served as an MP for Manchester, 1839 - 41) or developing his horticultural interests.
Edward Hyde Greg replaced his father as head of the Mill from 1870 - 1900, but was less suited to business life, and enjoyed the privileges which wealth could bring. Under his stewardship, the Mill encountered increasing difficulties as the industry began to be challenged by foreign competition and the British economy suffered a downturn. His main decision was to abandon spinning in favour of weaving in 1894.
His sons, Ernest William and Robert Alexander, were responsible for converting the Mill into a limited company in 1923, and although they retained directorships, their contact with the Mill diminished henceforth. Ernest William's son, Alexander Carlton, finally closed the Mill in 1959, although he had never been actively involved in the industry.
The Mill is now owned by the National Trust.
The building is now the focal point for the Channel 4 TV drama "The Mill"
Cyanotype made with the classic cyanotype formula spread on Legion Stonehenge paper, 11x14 (approx B4) size. The digital negative was made using a hand adjusted curve based on Peter Mrhrar and his free Easy Digital Negative (EDN) process. The digital negative was printed on a Canon Pixma Pro-100 printer onto generic inkjet transparency medium. The cyanotype was exposed in a home made exposure box containing ten UV tubes.
70000 "Britannia" is reflected in the leat serving Daniels Mill as it crosses Oldbury Viaduct when leaving Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway on Sunday 7 October 2018.
Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire, 25 Jan 2025
Taken as a reminder. I think there is a potential shot here.
But
1) Need to be higher up to see over the reeds.
2) Needs a better sky.
3) Needs to be later in the day, but before the reeds grown again.
Another of Stormie Mills's early works in an adjacent laneway. Nice to see it hasn't been desicrated after so many years. stormiemills.com/
Black 5 No.45212 is seen passing New Mills South Jn with the Railway Touring Company's 1Z60 09.45 Preston - Derby "The Peaks Express".
Taken on the 27th Oct 2024.
Allen Mill Run flows about a mile from Allen Mill Pond Spring to the Suwannee River. It makes up the highlight of the northern track of Lafayette Blue Springs State Park, an area rather sparsely visited compared to the head spring area to the south.
Brograve drainage mill is located on Brograve Levels, beside the New Waxham Cut. Constructed of red brick this tower mill was built in 1771 by Sir Berney Brograve, 1st Baronet (1726-1797) for the purpose of draining the Brograve Levels into the Waxham New Cut. The mill once had a boat-shaped cap with a petticoat and an 8-bladed fantail with a tailpole, and it carried two pairs of patent shuttered sails which powered an internal turbine pump. It is believed to have been disused since the 1930s. Today only two stocks and two stubs of the original sails remain and the derelict and unsafe structure is leaning westwards.
Taken with a Panasonic Lumix LX3
Mono version here: www.flickr.com/photos/13177816@N08/3318826160/
Headley mill , mention in the doomsday book ,at one time the oldest working mill in southern England . Run by the Ellis family for years. I used to Metal detect many years ago and one year I gained permission to search the pond when it had been drained . While searching an area at the very bottom of the picture by the wall a lady came over to me and explained that while she was throwing bread for the ducks her engagement ring had flown off into the water. I asked her when this had happened and she said many years ago. She then asked me if I could find it . Just to the right out of picture is a sluice gate. I explained to her that over the years it would have been washed away. A sad look came over her face so I said I would have look all the same . I told her to stand where she was on that day and to throw some bread in the water . I went to the spot where the bread landed and searched the area . Within a couple of minutes I had a signal and digging in the mud I saw the outline of a ring . Washing it off I showed it to the lady who burst into tears . Some things I guess are just not meant to be lost.
The last remaining arched window left in the Athens Mill, Athens, Missouri. Built in the 1840's it produced lumber, wool and ground flour.
Photograph 2007, print 2008.
Detail of what remained of the old Gold Medal Flour Mill in Minneapolis.
Rolleiflex / Tessar 3.5 / Ilford FP4+ / Pyrocat-MC / 6x6" silver gelatin print on 8x10" Kentmere Bromide Grade 3 / Ansco 130
New Mill City 02 2008 2007-07-14 Mill City FP4+ Pyro-MCB
The Bates Manufacturing Company was established in Lewiston, Maine in 1850 by Benjamin Bates. It quickly became one of the largest textile manufacturers in New England and transformed Lewiston from a struggling agricultural town into a booming industrial city. By 1857, the Bates Mill in Lewiston ran 36,000 spindles, employed 1,000 hands, and annually turned out 5.7 million yards of the best quality of cotton goods. Even after winning multiple achievements and awards for his textiles, including “Best Pantaloon Stuffs” and “Best Plain and Fancy Cotton Fabrics”, Bates wanted more. Accordingly, in 1858 the Bates Manufacturing Company wove the first Bates bedspread.
Upon the start of the Civil War, most New England mills started selling their cotton stock, assuming that the war would only last 90 days. Instead, Benjamin Bates bought as much cotton as he could find (despite the skyrocketing prices) and became the main supplier of Union textiles during the 4 year war. Even afterward, despite post-war depression, the Bates Manufacturing Company prospered and continued to expand. It was at this time that the French-Canadian population began to immigrate to Lewiston for work; even today the city of Lewiston continues to have a great French-Canadian influence (and many of the current mill workers have French-Canadian ancestors that began their American lives as mill workers).[Company website].
Lewiston is also the home of Bates College co-founded by Benjamin Bates.
On the edge of the Somerset Quantocks The 18th Century ruins of the Holford Silk Factory stand on the Silk Mills site in the centre of the village of Holford and was featured in Bryan Adams music video for his hit song (Everything I Do) I Do It For You. www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/resources/images/2334498.jpg
Finally made the trek to photograph this old red mill up in Clinton, NJ. It has been photographed perhaps tens or even hundreds of thousands of times, making it hard to be unique, so instead I just had some fun with this Jersey icon.
Longsight allocated Class 101 set L840 formed of 53322 & 53311 still carrying it's Network SouthEast livery and 1st Class stripe, from it's day's allocated to Reading is seen at New Mills Central with a Sheffield-Manchester Piccadilly Hope Valley service, passing 101662 on the oppersite working.
20th March 1996
Once upon a time at Mannington Mills (Salem, New Jersey)
The Southern Railway Company of New Jersey had the F7A 727 on the point of the freight to Swedesboro. Prior to chaising the train I spent the time with engineer John Rieck and his trainee conductor on the GP9 100, spotting and picking up cars at Anchor Glass.
September 27, 2003
Same view as my previous shot at Mill Pond, but with a decent camera this time. Also in Spring vs Winter. HDR
Another night wandering the grounds of the milling district and looking up at silos.
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