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This is Mill Falls along Old Dundas Road in Ancaster before you get to the east end of Dundas Valley Conservation Area
Daniels Mill is a working water mill used for milling flour, located near Bridgnorth in the English county of Shropshire. The mill has the largest cast iron waterwheel in England, spanning a 38 feet (12 m) diameter.
The present mill worked until 1957 grinding a variety of grain for animal feed, but ceased operation upon the death of the miller, who was the present owner's father. After a great deal of restoration work, the mill was re-opened in 2008.
The present wheel was originally cast at Coalbrookdale in 1854, installed around the middle of the 19th century and replaced an earlier wheel on the same site. Documents show that as early as 1843 a steam engine had been purchased to work in conjunction with the present wheel.
Brown ranch flour mill at the Kern River preserve. From a weekend exploring along highway 178 and lake Isabella.
At one time there were 37 water mills on or near the River Wye along the 11 miles from its source at West Wycombe to the the Thames at Bourne End. Pann Mill is one of the few remaining, and the only one in operation.
Milling has long been associated with the River Wye - the first record of Pann Mill is in the Domesday census of 1086, one of six mills on the river at the time. The first Pann Mill was probably associated with the Hospital of St John the Baptist, the ruins of which are still visible in Easton Street opposite the mill. The records of 100 years later show that the mill was then owned by the Pinel family, and it is probably from this family that Pann Mill derived it's name.
Ownership of the mill changed many times over the years, and an archaeological dig discovered that major rebuilding took place on at least 3 occasions. The oldest remains found dated from the 14th century.
The most recent mill was built in 1759, with a new waterwheel and milling machinery fitted in around 1860. Commercial milling ended in 1967, and in 1971 the mill buildings and the associated miller's house were demolished as a part of a road widening scheme. The road widening did not take place as originally planned, so the High Wycombe Society undertook some restoration of the mill and its machinery.
The present, much smaller, mill building was designed by a Society member, Colin Kennedy, originally to preserve the machinery remaining from the demolition. A significant donation of funds from Marks & Spencer, to celebrate their centenary in 1984, together with concerted fundraising by the Society, enabled the building to be erected. Of course, once the building existed it needed to be filled!
The previous mill had the traditional three floors, whereas the present building has only two. The top floor was a grain store. Sacks of grain were hauled up by a sack hoist and stored until needed. Subsequent movement of grain was as much as possible by gravity. In the present mill grain is still stored on the top floor, but in bins close to the mill stones.
During our 2016 vacation, we visited the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill museum in Salem, Oregon, part of the Willamette Heritage Center.
Inside MacAusland's Woollen Mill at Bloomfield on Prince Edward Island.
This photo was taken with the Olympus OM-1 and M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro in low light at f/6.3 and ISO 6400. I procesed the image with a vintage colour profile that simulates an old film stock, hence the reduced colour saturation. I actually prefer this look to the normally saturated colours typical of digital imagery. This is not an AI generated image.
Preston Mill is an unusual and eye-catching 18th century mill with a conical kiln and red pantile roof that looks like a combination of an oast house and a wizard's hat.
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
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 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.
The old mills in Lowell.
I wanted to convey the impressive size of the mills as they funnel the viewer'a eye into the distance. I also wished to display the contrast between the flat verticals and the random clouds.
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.
Situated right next to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway tracks (which I had to scramble up through some dense bush to get at for this shot) is the Weisheimer Bros. mill (780 King Ave., Columbus OH). Built in 1901 and run up until 1957, today it is an artist and small business space. Notes from March 1st, 1915 say, "Their brands of flour are the "Jewel," "Pride," "Victor" and "Climax." Hmm... Climax flour... well, that's interesting!
I found this while bicycling around Harford County years ago and took this photo in 2007. In 2010 it was demolished and a new building was put on the site as a memorial. Check it out here if you want: millpictures.com/mills.php?millid=969
Just off of Route 66 at 344 E. Pine St. in Bourbon, Missouri. We had just finished our evening meal and were about to head for our motel, but it was still light enough to poke around a little more so, we went into the town of Bourbon Missouri just off of Route 66. The town looks quite depressed with this feed and farm supply company near the center of town.
From the internet:
"The original mill was built around the late 1800's of frame construction, but was burned by the KKK in the late 1930's. The replacement mill was built of concrete so as to make it more fire-resistant. . . . Four large silos are attached to the north end of the mill and are covered with a one piece roof. Flour milling ceased about 1948-50 and the mill converted to grinding livestock feed as a feed mill."
The abandoned Moffett Mill
Lincoln, RI
January 30, 2021
"Constructed in 1812 by local mechanic George Olney, the Moffett Mill offers a rare glimpse of the early American machine shop. The Moffett Mill was among the first mills in the area to have new metal-working technology including a metal lathe and drill press. In the early 1800s, Olney made tools and repaired vital machine parts for the other mills along Great Road, including his own thread mill at the pond in Lincoln Woods, Stephen Smith’s Butterfly Mill, and Captain Wilbur Kelly’s mill at Old Ashton. Arnold Moffett purchased the mill in 1850, replacing the breast-style waterwheel with a more modern, water-driven iron turbine. He expanded into furniture making and wagon building. At the time of the Civil War, the mill’s second floor housed braiding machines used to produce laces for shoes and corsets. By 1880, gristmill orders accounted for a large share of the Moffetts’ business, and a sawmill produced boards and wooden boxes for customers in the area. By the turn of the century, the mill closed and the building abandoned. In 2000, the Moffett Mill was stabilized and restored, with the original equipment still intact. Today, the mill is open for occasional public viewing under the stewardship of the Friends of Hearthside."
45690 "Leander" passes the mill near Oakworth hauling working towards Oxenhope. Taken during the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway's Spring 2023 Gala.
Mouth Mill Beach on the Hartland Peninsula in North Devon - A quick stop at this location to scout for a future visit with different tides; however, I managed to get a few interesting images, and this is one of those.
One of the hundreds (?) photos taken from this spot in this "in light" week. I couldn't resist to post one of mine.
Kinderdijk region, The Netherlands
The Park Lane cotton spinning mills of Leigh Spinners date from 1913 and 1923. Still in the same ownership they are now subject to restoration for business and community use by the Leigh Building Preservation Trust. This end is the No.1 mill of 1913 which is in poor condition but has recently been awarded funding to repair the roof. The buildings are listed Grade II*.
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/
Litton Mill, Derbyshire Peak District. A water powered cotton mill was established here on the River Wye in 1782 by Ellis Needham and Thomas Frith and despite its rural setting adopted some of the worst working practices and conditions usually associated with urban locations. A regular supply of children from local workhouses and orphanages was supplemented by other children shipped from workhouses in London. The Mill is now much-altered apartments but some of the original buildings survive including a row of workers cottages, a chimney / flue and Managers House.