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Cromford Mill. The world's first water-powered cotton spinning mill, developed by Richard Arkwright in 1771. Closed in the mid C19th and put to other uses, the buildings were in a poor condition by the mid C20th, and were eventually purchased in 1979 by the Arkwright Society who have continued to maintain and restore the site. Now grade 1 listed and part of the UNESCO Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage site, it is open as a visitor centre and venue.
Cromford, Derwent Valley, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England - Cromford Mills, Mill Road
April 2023
Derelict grain mill. Was on the outside taking pictures when the foreman invited me in. Very interesting. More pictures to follow....
June 4th 1974
Healey Mills
Although they looks to be parked these two 40s are actually double-heading a freight out of the yard. They are 40040 and the now preserved 40145 still in green livery. Both were HM based. Behind are three shunters (one hardly visible at the back), with 08308 to the right.
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Links: Healey Mills / Class 40 / Collections
Alderford Water Mill, Sidle Hedingham
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Remember Bosmere Mill?
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Hawks Mill is just upriver in Needham Market. There has been a mill on this site since Domesday. The present building dates from 1884 and is now converted to nine flats for residential use. It overlooks the spill from the millstream (where I found the crocolog!), and the road turns sharp left and you drive over a humpbacked bridge to get to the village.
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An old original of my second digicam and a tone map trial (HDR).
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Ein altes Original meiner zweiten Digicam und ein Farbdynamik-komprimierungsversuch (HDR).
Halfstock percussion sporting rifle made by Benjamin Mills, Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Mills was born in Palmyra, New York, February 10, 1810. Mills was working in Toronto, Canada, during the 1830's. It was there that he adopted the somewhat unusual "saw handle wrist" architecture that is seen on this rifle. He was located in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, by 1842. Mills was appointed Master Armorer at the Harpers Ferry Arsenal, in Virginia, October 19, 1858. He was still acting in that capacity when abolitionist insurgent, John Brown, made his raid on the arsenal on October 17, 1859. Mills was among those taken captive by Brown. The 1860 census lists Mills back in Harrodsburg, as a gunmaker. He was known far and wide for sporting and target rifles of superior quality and accuracy. Mills contiued in business in Harrodsburg until about 1870, when he mosed to Lexington. He later returned to Harrodsburg, and died there in 1888.
Yesterday mill number 5 of Kinderdijk was put up straight. At one side it had to be lifted 60 cm.
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Gisteren is molen nummer 5 rechtop gezet, aan één kant is de molen 60 cm omhoog gevijzeld. Het zal raar zijn om de molen straks "recht" te zien staan.
Natuurlijk wilde ik even met eigen ogen zien hoe dit gedaan werd, een historisch moment ;-)
using the drop of water on the Bottisham Lode to turn the underpass water wheel to turn the machinery. The mill has been restored for visitors.
The waterway dates back to Roman times when many of the waterways wher cut to drain the fenlands in the area.
Cambridshire Anglesey Abbey 2012 10 085 HDR
This cotton-weaving mill was started 1855 by Samuel Turner. He and his three sons, John, Samuel II and Robert traded as Turner Bros and diversified into the manufacture of cotton packings for valves and glands. In 1879 they started spinning and weaving asbestos which by then was being imported from Canada and proved a better material for packings. By 1900 they were making asbestos yarns, cloth, and hair belting as well as packings. In 1920 they formed a new copmany Turner & Newall with the Washington Chemical Co. in County Durham, Newall's Insulation Co. and J. W. Roberts of Leeds. In 1925 they acquired Ferodo of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, manufacturers of brake linings. At one time this was the largest asbestos factory in the world, equipped with modern asbestos carding, spinning and doubling machines and looms, plaiting machines.
Subsequent legislation against asbestos due to its disastrous effect on health of workers and anyone coming into contact with its fibres has seen the industry collapse and the lodging of massive compensation claims. Large sections of the mill have been demolished although some parts remain in other industrial use.
Somewhere round here, was the Mill Road Maternity Hospital. Sadly, I don't know exactly where it was! There is no trace of any building left now, just vacant land which has been fenced off. To get your bearings, we are looking toward Margaret Street and the Necropolis
Mill Fork once housed a small town surrounding two sawmills and a bank of charcoal ovens. Now there is nothing left as the Roper to Helper manifest freight train passes by. 11 August 2023.
Back view with center strapping sewn in. You can see where excessive handling has worn the thin layer of polyurethane off the brass. It will start to tarnish there and give them an even more vintage feel.
In between coughing fits and mid-afternoon naps I managed to get both sides finished. Now I just need to design a strap and get the dichro filters.
An old and pollarded tree and South Street Mill that dates back 800 years on the same site.
A unique take on the location for the more usual iconic shots of Durham Cathedral and the River Wear.
There were tower mills in Suffolk from the 13th. Century but it wasnât until the 19th. Century that their numbers increased, and Blundeston was one of these.
Located at the southern end of The Street, Ben Jackson had the mill and Mill House built in about 1820 by Robert Martin, the Beccles millwright, using bricks made of clay from the same plot. The four-storey, round tower mill tapered to 14 feet in diameter at the top. It had four patent sails and a boat shaped cap and was winded by a fantail. The mill drove two pairs of French millstones. Also built were a granary store, barn, cart sheds and stables.
The corn came mainly from the village and surrounding area. It has been suggested that some would have been transported along the River Waveney to the Square Bowl, a cut on the river bank, where Wherries could tie up. The corn would then be transported across the marshes to the village.
In May 1841 the mill and house were sold by auction, the Bill of Sale advertised âTo Millers and Capitalistsâ. They were sold because the owner John Jackson, probably a relative of Ben Jackson, was about to retire.
Thomas Cooper, a young man of 24 from Great Yarmouth, bought the mill and house for £950 and put down a deposit of £190. Thomas was also a baker and for many years was both miller and baker in Blundeston. He was still operating as such in 1904 but, as he was by now in his eighties, the work may have been done by his sons George and Arthur. After his death they continued working the mill until 1922.
The sails were removed and the mill and house were sold to Abbey Beare, a local timber merchant; gradually the disused mill fell into disrepair.
Patrick Paul bought the house and grounds in 1951, unaware that the purchase included a mill! Apart from extending the house at the rear to provide accommodation for his wife and 5 children, he preserved as best he could the mill and outbuildings. There was also a fairly extensive orchard at the back of the grounds. Around 1960 the mill had no roof. On his retirement in 1981 Patrick prevented further decay by re-roofing the mill. As he was a competent woodworker, he designed and assembled all the structure himself.
In April 1990 Sidney Cooper of Church Road died. His father Arthur was the last person to own and work the mill. Patrick Paul died in December 2002 and in the following July the mill and house were sold. At about that time millstones, thought to have come from Blundeston, were found in a garden at Corton and offered to the new owner.
Through their wonderful Cromford Mills, the Arkwright Society provide insight into how the textiles industry helped progress the industrial revolution in the 18th century. The stories told by the society depict a fairer and less exploitative working environment that we might imagine, although clearly living and working conditions would have been tough.
Regardless, the architecture and construction workmanship that built the mills have contributed to a functional and attractive set of buildings. Craft displays, antique shops and suitably dressed volunteers further bring human interest and great photographic opportunities.
Timber Mill in Tanban State Forest
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