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Whichurch Silk Mill taken from Frog Island on the river Test.
The silk mill has been preserved as a working mill and industral heritage museum producing fine silks for a world wide maket.
The current mill dating back to 1800 was powered by a (now preserved) breastshot water wheel.
De Onrust is a flour mill in Oude Pekela in the province of Groningen.
The mill was built in 1850 as a corn and hulling mill, only some remnants of the pelwerk remain. The mill has been, since 1956, municipal property first of the municipality of Oude Pekela, since the municipal reorganization of 1990 of the municipality of Pekela. The mill has been restored several times and is regularly operated on a voluntary basis thanks to some voluntary millers, including an instructor from the Guild of Voluntary Millers and her students. The mill used to have self-pressure on a rod, but the 21-meter-long rods are now equipped with the Old Dutch wiek system with sails.
Not too far from the Boulton Brown Mill (yesterday) lies the McArthur Woollen Mill.
I took this photo several years ago, but since I seem to be on a winter and mill theme, I have decided to post it now.
Aquella noche la niebla no paraba quieta. Iba y venÃa. Una pesada. Si siquiera subieron las nubes lo suficiente para que Kike se esplayara con ellas como tanto gusta.
De hecho, aunque fue divertido volver a sacar la Nikon, no he conservado ninguna imagen de aquella noche salvo esta y la que subà hace unos dÃas. El resto al paredón.
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With the mist up and down during all the night, Kike and Me didn't spent much time with this old mill. Just 4 or 5 sites.
In fact, althought was funny be there taking photos, the building haven't anything or it didn't touch my heart, because I don't preserve any picture but this one; and the last image uploaded days ago.
Limpenhoe drainage mill was built on the bank of the River Yare in 1831. The mill has stood derelict for many years but this year has seen signs of renovation, with a protective cap being fitted. In this shot, the remains of the scoop wheel can also be seen.
A working Mill near to Cotehele House. The mill is also a National Trust property. The mill is a museum and mills flour . just upstream a new Crossflow turbine as installed in 2009 and now generates 7kW of electricity when the mill isn’t working.
The Town Mills at Andover was mentioned as far back as the Doomsday Book when it was a grain mill on the River Anton. In 1974 it was converted into a nightclub and is now a family friendly pub serving food.
Ingersley Vale or Clough mill was built by Edward Collier in 1792/93 as a cotton spinning mill. It was rebuilt after a fire in 1819.
Originally there was a smaller wheel house containing two overshot water wheels, one above the other, one of 22ft diameter, the other of 32ft, designed to use the water twice. When more power was required the wheel house was enlarged with the wheelhouse visible on the left, and a single 56 foot diameter by 9 foot wide wheel was installed. The wheel was, at 56 feet in diameter, the second largest in England, and only exceeded in Britain by the wheel at Laxey in the Isle of Man, and that at Diggle mill in Greater Manchester.
In 1878 the mill was converted to a bleachworks and in the 20th century saw a range of uses, mainly textile based.
A fire in November 1999 destroyed the roof and remaining floors of the original mill building which has subsequently remained a derelict shell.
The Baker's Mill will be part of a larger complex with a bakery.
There's a little dock at the river where wheat and flour can be transported.
There's also a little chicken coop and some beehives for fresh ingredients for the baker's baked goodies ^_^
The design of the Mill is based on a Dutch 'Standerdmolen' (meaning literally "Mill on a stand")
The top part of the mill can turn to face the wind, and of course the sails can turn too.
Speaking of sails… seems like the miller's son has gotten himself in some trouble O_o
Swaledale abounds with relics of the old lead mining industry. Blakethwaite smelt mill in Gunnerside Gill is one. The line of the flue leading to the top of the moor is easily seen and above the mill is a condensing chamber, where vapourised lead could be collected. The "Coast to Coast" long distance walk crosses Gunnerside Gill at this point.
This was a cotton mill that my Mom worked in, decades ago, weaving fabric. The fabric for the first US flag, left on the Moon, was made here. The building has been used for many different businesses over the years, but I will always remember it as being connected to the Moon.
Houghton Mill is a National Trust property beside the River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire... After all the rain the river is particularly high and fast flowing.
MPP Micro Technical camera with Fujinon 150mm 6.3 lens, Fomopan 100 film, f22 at 2 seconds, orange filter.
The Old Mill House designed by landscape architect William H. Kessler is a 1926 replica of Perryman's Mill built by the Jemison Companies. It originally operated as a tea room, but the tea room closed during the Great Depression. It has since been converted into a private residence. Located on the bank of Shades Creek, it is a welcoming site as you enter the affluent suburb of Mountain Brook.
Union Mill Complex, better known as the Chocolate Factory, next to the Kayaderosseras Creek in Ballston Spa, New York. In the late 20th century this old mill, built in 1879, was restored and converted into commercial and office space.
Collis Mill was originally built at Slough, Berkshire. It was moved to Great Thurlow in 1807[2] replacing an earlier post mill.[3] Thomas Hunt, the Soham millwright, carried out repairs to the mill in 1914. It ceased working by wind in 1915 and the sails were removed from 1920.[2] The mill was worked by a portable steam engine until 1937.[4] The derelict mill was capless in 1959 when it was purchased by R A Vestey for restoration as a visual amenity.[5] Restoration was completed in 1962.
Mingus Mill and flume, Great 'Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina. Park posts a schedule for operating days. The mill and structure date back to 1886.
This is Borrowdale Mill in the Lake District, an old Corn Mill driven by the water wheel in the beck A really pleasant little place to visit with the camera. It would be even better with more water running down the river.
Approximately half a mile along the valley there is a 19th century cotton mill called Gibson Mill. The mill was water powered and has been renovated to demonstrate renewable energy sources and a sustainability strategy. It is surrounded by 400 acres (1.6 km2) of unspoilt woodland and crossed by 30 miles (48 km) of footpaths. The former cotton mill was one of the first powered mills built at the start of the Industrial Revolution.