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Mills Lake basin in now home to the Elwha River in its natural state, the "Glines Canyon Dam" has been removed, Nature will now reclaim and sculpt this river.
Title: Molino de el Rey. Monument and Mill Mexico
Creator: Waite, C. B. (Charles Betts), 1861-1927
Date: 1904
Part Of: Mexico
Place: Mexico City (Mexico D.F.), Mexico
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 20.2 x 12.6 cm
File: ag1983_0281_0042_molino_opt.jpg
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Before the Jackson's gristmill was established in what is now north central West Virginia, another family of millers started a milling business some 150 miles to the south.
Jacob and Mary Hockman erected a gristmill at the confluence of Mill Creek and Muddy Creek soon after moving to Greenbrier County in 1794. The Hockman mill opened for business in 1796, producing cornmeal for the local population. In 1842, the mill was inherited by Susan, one of the Hockmans' three daughters, and her husband, George Lewis. The first Blaker to be associated with the mill was John Blaker from Loudon County, Virginia, who was hired by the Lewises to work at the mill. He eventually married Susan Lewis, probably the granddaughter of Susan Hockman Lewis and George Lewis. The Blakers had eight children, three of whom, James L., Mamie, and Ida, ran the mill until it closed.
The Blakers were an enterprising family, not content to merely grind grain. In 1891, the Blaker's Mill post office was established. The office was situated in the mill until 1915, when it was moved to Blaker's grocery next door. When the post office closed in 1956, its only three postmasters had been John, James, and Mamie Blaker. In addition to operating a store and post office, James Blaker was an excellent carpenter, producing fiddles as well as furniture. Prior to the introduction of electricity to the mill in 1948, James built a carpenter shop at the side of the mill and "borrowed" water power to operate his woodworking tools. The family also operated a mail order business, distributing cornmeal, wheat flour, buckwheat flour, and other specialty flours throughout West Virginia and a number of other states.
Robert Hockman Blaker of Wilmington, Delaware, who generously donated Blaker's Mill so that it may be preserved and enjoyed by future generations, is a direct descendant of the family who built and operated the mill almost two centuries ago. Thanks to his generosity and the many volunteers who have worked on this project, Blaker's Mill enjoys a productive future. Disassembled carefully, stone by stone and board by board, it was transported from its original site to Jackson's Mill, where it was reassembled and restored. In 1993, Blaker's Mill began operation at its new location. Today, it is a centerpiece of the Historic Area. Cornmeal and whole wheat flour are ground regularly, and offered for sale in the General Store.
nrhp # 98001314- Also known as Forbes Mill. This mill was first built and operated by Joseph Hardy, Sr., a veteran of the Revolutionary War who settled here in the late 1700s. In 1785 the county granted him permission to erect a mill at this site which became operational in the 18th century. The Hardy Mill was sometimes referred to as Greenville Mill. And that building was washed away by flood in the 19th century. The replacement mill was believed to have been erected by William A. Hardy. Following his death in the late 19th century, the Hardy property passed through the hands of several different short term owners.
Mr. Reed Forbes and his family came from Franklin County, Virginia in the late 1800s to operate a mill at Kelso. Records show that in 1901 Forbes had purchased and began occupying a tract of land which encompassed the miller’s house adjoining the mill. He apparently placed the mill back into regular operation during that time. By 1910 he was able to secure a full title to the mill tract and the millfrom its owners, W.I. and P.J. Langford, and the
mill then became known as Forbes Mill.
Local tradition holds that a fire destroyed this mill building around 1916...
Forbes and his wife, Martha Jane Howell Forbes had nine children. Along with their father, several of the sons became wheelwrights, master builders and carpenters.
Before the 1917 a flood washed away the dwelling house and mill. Forbes and his sons first reconstructed the new house at a higher elevation above the river and replaced the mill in 1920. The new building, designed by Reed Forbes, was a combination of corn and flour mill. The mansard roof gave the mill three floors of working space. Four modern rollers were added to produce bleached flour in addition to conventional millstones for more coarsely ground products. The same year Reed’s son, 29 year old Robert Kelso Forbes was documented as the miller. In 1928 Reed Forbes died. Robert inherited the mill and real estate and operated the mill until 1936.
The mill with the adjoining miller’s house was sold to Charles David Atkinson who never came to live in the area but hired millers to carry on the business. It was during these years that the name Big Otter Mill was first used. The mill produced its brand names of Golden Eagle Flour and Pioneer Corn Meal. They also undertook commercial grinding.
By 1946 Atkinson sold Big Otter Mill and the home to Mr. Julius O. Kirby, ...
who continued to run the gristmill, although somewhat irregularly. According to Kirby’s son the mill ceased commercial operation about 1950. To settle the Kirby estate after the death of Mrs. Kirby about 1996, David Cole, a semi retired contractor, builder, and preservationist, purchased the mill and took steps to stabilize, repair and restore the mill building and bring its equipment back to working condition. After Cole moved away, it was necessary for him to dispose of the building and he donated the property as a historical landmark to Bedford County. The county along with interested citizens has formed the Big Otter Mill Foundation which is in the process of determining the steps needed to restore the mill to working order.
Like many rural mills, this mill served as a community center of sorts...
In addition to flour and meal grinding, a saw mill and store on the property brought neighbors together to work, socialize and shop. The store, run by members of the Hardy family in the 20th century, served a political function as the polling place for the local precinct. Paul Forbes, Reed’s grandson recalled that during a busy season this mill would operate 24 hours a day. Another person recalled the mill pond being a popular place for Sunday boat rides.
Family members related a story about a child playing across the road along the water brought in the race from the dam upstream on Big Otter. The water in the race ran rapidly and was diverted under the roadway into an open wooden raceway leading to the water wheel that powered the mill. One of the children had slipped into the stream of water and was pulled into the flow under the road Screams of panic drew attention and a person at the raceway was able to snatch the child to safety before she went into the turning millwheel.
from bigottermill.com
A panoramic view of the Steel Of West Virginia steel mini-mill located in Huntington WV. I was able to take a tour of the steel mill one time. It was cool to watch them melt a large kettle of steel using giant electrodes, then dumping the molten steel through some sort of extruder to make large steel bars called billets, then watching the billets get rolled back and forth while being turned into an I-beam.
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Trevor Mill is situated on the outskirts of Trevor, close to Plas yn Pentre House and the River Dee. Built in 1848 it fell into disuse many years ago and has now been converted into a private dwelling.
The old water wheel can still be seen alongside. Flour from this mill was conveyed to the Shropshire Union Canal, which is just above and there loaded on to barges alongside Millers Bridge.
When the mill was in production, there was a small wooden building alongside the canal where the flour was stored to await the arrival of a barge; this no longer exists apart from the concrete base upon which it stood.
Source: www.llangollen-ruralcc.co.uk/index.php/trevor-s-history/1...
Site Description Mid C19 water-powered corn mill, built in 1848, now converted to a private house.
A tall, 4-storey tower-like building with a single-storey lean-to extension to the south-east. It is constructed of rubble stone throughout, with squared quoins and segmental arches of stone voussoirs to the windows and blocked openings. It has a gabled, slate roof with a central projecting gablet (over hoist) on the north-east elevation, and stone chimney-stack at the north-west corner.
It has a three-window range, main front (NE elevation) with a central doorway with a modern porch hood and 6-pane double casement windows. The first floor has a central window and blocked openings on either side, while the second floor has two casement windows. The 3rd floor has a central cantilevered metal balcony on wooden brackets, a modern hoist door with an iron plaque embossed '1848' above it, and two casement windows. There are also four iron tie-rod bosses.
The north-west and south-east elevations are two-windowed, with six iron tie-rod bosses to the north-west elevation. The south-west elevation has two randomly placed casement windows on the upper floors and an arched opening above the water-wheel axle at ground floor level.
The waterwheel is a large diameter iron pitchback water-wheel with 12 paired timber spokes and a wooden axle and an iron cogged external pit-wheel. The masonry wheel pit is recessed below ground level, and there is an iron supply tank supported on an iron, half-trestle frame. there is also an iron supply pipe supported on a timber frame at the water-wheel end by freestanding rubble stone pier. Inside, the vertical members of the hurst frame, vertical main shaft and some stone spindles have been retained, with the great spur wheel raised above head height to permit access.
Source: Cadw listing description, 6/11/1998.
RCAHMW, 04 September 2008.
The oft-photographed Hyde Mill in rural Iowa County Wisconsin on a late August day, the leaves just beginning to turn to Fall color.
2/24/2012; I've reprocessed this photo. See it here.
photo by Mark Adsit
Corn is milled by hand at the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm at LBJ Ranch near Johnson City, TX.
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Sugar Mill Creek in the small town of Wallace, Indiana. Nine photos stitched together in Photoshop taken in ten second intervals.
Uxbridge has a long history of wool and textile production, starting with the original Capron Mill in 1820 -- where the first power loom ever used in the US was put into operation.
The mill's name changed from Capron Mill to Bernat Mill and later to the Bachman Uxbridge Worsted Company, and continued producing yarn and fabric well into the modern era (note: there is still a yarn company called Bernat, although it isn't based here.) The mills were particularly well-known for producing military uniforms -- soldiers in the Civil War (Union side), World War I, and World War II all wore uniforms produced here. The first US Air Force uniforms were produced here, in a color that became known as "Uxbridge Blue."
This is not the original building, but was a newer expansion of the mill complex. It was destroyed in a fire (caused by welding equipment) in 2007. Although there have been plans to rebuild, those plans have been indefinitely delayed.
It was only slightly overcast. The sun was right above the mill and there was about 4 stops in exposure between the mill and the water. I tried a HDR to even it all out. The wind was blowing hard and that made the trees look a bit funny. I hope to re-shoot this one at a later date.
Matcha Mill is hungry. East and West coast Tencha sources are out of stock. does anyone from the "I heart Matcha" group have any ideas? Prepared mail order Matcha from Japan has become too pricy; So now I mill my own. Looking for organic Tencha leaves from Uji, Kyoto region of Japan.
Thank you.
Dromore feed mill in Dromore, Southgate township, Grey County, Ontario. This feed mill was originally an old sawmill. It was never a water mill but was originally steam driven. It is distinguishable as one of the few remaining independent village feed mills that is still operational. John Milne, the current owner bought the sawmill in 1956 and converted it into a feed mill. It has been operational since and serves the local farmers three days a week. This feed mill and the general store are the only businesses still open in Dromore. The garage beside the mill, once a blacksmith shop apparently, has been closed. Dromore had the misfortune of being bypassed by the railroad in the 1800s and so never flourished like neighboring Holstein did. While I was in the general store, a neighbor came in to buy some candy and the store owner put the piddling amount owing in a register to be paid the following week. The owner joked that once he closes the store and the mill shuts down, Dromore will effectively be a ghost town. By the way, the son of the Dromore mill owner is currently the mayor of Southgate township.
Quarry Bank Mill (also known as Styal Mill) in Styal, Cheshire, England, is one of the best preserved textile factories of the Industrial Revolution. Built in 1784, the cotton mill is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. Quarry Bank Mill was established by Samuel Greg, and was notable for innovations both in machinery and also in its approach to labour relations, the latter largely as a result of the work of Greg's wife, Hannah Lightbody. The family took a somewhat paternalistic attitude toward the workers, providing medical care for all and limited education to the children, but all laboured roughly 72 hours per week until 1847 when a new law shortened the hours
This mill in Westbrook, Maine has stood for many, many years. It has now been converted to office space. And, the mill further up the river has been converted to condos.
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"But it's my life has been wasted
And I have been the fool
To let this manufacturer
Use my body for a tool
I ride home every evening
Staring at my hands
Swearing to my sorrow that a young girl
Ought to stand a better chance"
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This song was written and performed by James Taylor. I never understood why he wrote and sang it from a woman's perspective. I've alway loved Emmylou Harris' rendition.
Millworker - Emmylou Harris
Carl Milles, 1916: Mmm... mi sembra di averla già vista... it looks familiar... Roma piazza Barberini!
Arundel Mills (1,593,623 square feet)
7000 Arundel Mills Circle, Hanover, MD
Opened November 17th, 2000
Hidden amongst the hills is this half forgotten mill, originally manufacturing the finest worsted to export overseas. Today it is silent, and has an amazing control panel which is ace. I liked it.
Mill Street is one of the few spots to survive Warwick’s Great Fire (1694) undamaged.This fire caused damage to much of the area and cost the town around 100,000 pounds. Today, Mill Street is a residential street that retains some of the town’s medieval architecture. The houses were built mostly with timber-frames in the style of the Tudors. The Tudor period lasted from the late 1400s through the 1600s.
Quarry Bank Mill in Styal, Cheshire, England, is one of the best preserved textile mills of the Industrial Revolution and is now a museum of the cotton industry. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and inspired the 2013 television series 'The Mill'.
Title: Dorchester Lower Mills
Creator: City of Boston
Date: 1955
Source: Public Works Department photograph collection, 5000.009
File name: 5000_009_1150
Rights: Copyright City of Boston
Citation: Public Works Department photograph collection, Collection 5000.009, City of Boston Archives, Boston
The desolation of Healey Mills Yard is clearly seen as we slowly pass through on board the Branch Line Society's Northern Tracker railtour, which utilised Northern Rail class 142 Pacer dmu 142004 together with first of the class 142001.
The tour also visited Stockport Carriage sidings, Newton Heath depot, Holbeck depot and Neville Hill depot.
Limehouse mill ruins on Black Creek in the Limehouse Conservation area, near Limehouse, in the geographic township of Esquesing, now a part of the town of Halton Hills, Halton Region, Ontario. John Newton built a woolen mill in Limehouse in 1852, called the Empire Blanket Company. He also operated a sawmill. In 1893, a fire broke out in the woolen mill which destroyed both the woolen mill and sawmill. There were worries that the whole village would go up in flames but a horse drawn fire engine from nearby Georgetown managed to salvage the village from annihilation. Limehouse was originally named Fountain Green and was renamed in 1857. The trail leading through the Limehouse Conservation area is one of the more interesting highlights along the Bruce trail because of its diverse landscape. In addition to these mill ruins you can also visit the lime kiln ruins and the famous "Hole in the Wall" area.
The flour mill on the Erie Canal in Pittsford NY. Went out shooting night shots with Kim before one of our meetups. Check out her terrific stream.
The Mallard ducks are swimming below the rushing waters of the dam used by the Faribault Wool Mill, Minnesota. The mill buildings are reflected in the pond. The mill has been producing woolen items since 1865 and today it's the largest wool blanket manufacturer in the USA.
Mill #4, Gilbert Manufacturing Company
Gilbert Manufacturing Company was a woolen textile firm, around which the village of Gilbertville evolved in the town of Hardwick Massachusetts.
This is the 4th mill building in Hardwick. The company also had two similar sized mills in nearby Ware Massachusetts.
This family-owned business employed an average of 2,000 people from 1860 - 1930.
The building is now used as a self-storage facility which employs a total of 2 people.
It isn't that America can't compete. It's that Washington DC, the Federal Reserve and Wall Street have eradicated the possibility of family-owned businesses.
While oblivious Americans continue to vote Democrat or Republican according to the Gay Rights vs. Gun Rights charade, the Federal Reserve continues to enslave the citizens of the so-called greatest nation on earth.
It's time to pass the torch to a new generation of Americans who are willing to refuse the trivial government handouts designed to keep them sedated, and to forge an exciting, excellent future wherein Wall Street does not own Washington DC.