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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
Built in 1861 to harness the power of a massive spring flowing into Bryant Creek and rebuilt in 1897, the tall, three-story frame building nestles against a bluff of the Bryant. Though the mill no longer grinds grain, it still houses the old milling machinery. (The nationally distributed line of stone-ground bakery products bearing the Hodgson name is now produced at a modern mill in nearby Gainesville.) Standing nearby is an old round gas pump, its glass top now clouded and stained.
The spring still spews nearly 3,000,000 gallons of clear, cold water a day. Besides the mill, it once powered a cotton gin, a lumber mill, and a clothing factory. In pre-REA days, the power of the water also generated electricity for all the mill-site enterprises. And, once upon a time, thanks to the constant 58 degree temperature of the spring, the mill was a popular site for neighborhood dances.
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This well worn "Little Mill Brick Co Pontypool" die was photographed at the Usk Museum of Rural Life, Usk, Monmouthshire. It would appear that brick making at Little Mill dates back to at least 1850. Some Burgoyne bricks are faintly embossed in small lettering with "Estb 1850", and another, probably later commemorative brick, is incised "Little Mill, Estb 1850". The works was alongside the Newport and Hereford line at Little Mill Junction, where a line branched off eastwards through Usk into Gloucestershire. A spur into the works was laid in 1869 when the owner was given as a CH Leigh. The 1882 OS map, and subsequent editions until 1920, give the works as "Bryn Tovey Brick Works" (from the nearby Bryn Tovey Wood); from 1920 to 1988, it is marked the "Little Mill Brick Works".
Between 1910 and 1920, Lougher who took over the works from the Burgoynes, changed the name to "Little Mill Brick Co" and later it became a limited company. Kelly's for 1926, and all directories subsequently, use the name Little Mill Brick Co Ltd". Lougher himself died in 1948. The spur into the works was removed in 1966, doubtless a victim of the infamous Beeching Cuts. The firm continued into the 1980s, the last directory entry being the 1981 Industrial Directory of Wales. Today, the site is the Little Mill Go Kart Track.
The Kruger paper mill in Bromptonville, a neighbourood of Sherbrooke, Quebec.
L'usine de pâtes et papiers Kruger à Bromptonville, un quartier de Sherbrooke, Québec.
Badgers gets a view down one the mill's many many holes. Our whole visit was done at a gentle pace, constantly checking the floor in front of us.
On Shiffnall Street, between Saville Street and River Street in Bolton stands a long abandoned and Derelict Mill. There is a date stone above a door which reads J B & Co 1890. I was quite taken with it.
Houghton Mill is a water mill located on the Great Ouse in Houghton, Cambridgeshire, England. It is a National Trust property.
Sitting at my computer as the rain lashes down outside, my mind turns to sunny days when walking in the Peak National Park can be enjoyable rather than just damp.
On one such walk I passed Lumbhole Mill in Kettleshulme. This is a fine survival of a textile mill located in a fairly remote place to take advantage of water power. Erected during the 18th century as a candlewick (tufted cotton fabric) mill, the breast-shot wheel was connected to a steam beam engine c1830. This engine, built by Sherrat's of Salford, and the wheel both survive in situ. It has had a number of engineering and storage uses since textile manufacturing finished.
The only surviving tower block in the Toxteth/Dingle area of Liverpool. However, Mill View's time is limited as it is now boarded up and awaiting demolition.
Saw Mill at Richmond River, Nth Coast
Dated: by 11/05/1908
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Imperial Mill in Belmont, NC. I used a texture created from the dirty, cracking paint on the "Ancient Doorknob" shot I posted earlier this week from the abandoned plantation home in Meriwether County, GA.
Name: Mill var. (Sunshine var.)
Designer: Valentina Minayeva
Parts: 30
Paper size: 5,0 Ñ… 25,0 (1:5)
Final height: ~ 10,0 cm
without glue
Mill o' Mains is at Mains o Fintry, Dundee. In Scotland ony estate wis pairtit in twa-three pairts, wi the laird or heritor haein his ain ferm for growin crops til his faimly. This ferm wis kent as the mains, fae the auld Frainch word demaine (sib tae Latin domain). In Scots the word 'of' is for ordnar soondit an wrutten jist as 'o', tho we micht whiles say 'of' tae gie stress or wecht til a pynt.
Photie bi Dr Dauvit Horsbroch.
This book, made of plaster pages bound together, features cover art by Bridgette Guerzon Mills. This work of art was made in collaboration with Jen Worden and Seth Apter.
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Manningham Mills, Heaton Road, Manningham, Bradford, 1870-73.
By Andrews & Pepper.
For Samuel Cunliffe Lister (1815-1906).
Grade II* listed.
Lilycroft Road elevation.
The largest and most imposing of the Bradford mills and a major landmark. The scale, richness of decoration and the unique chimney make Manningham Mills the grandest industrial monument of the worsted trade.
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Brownfields Mill, Ancoats, Manchester, England is a Grade II* listed building. It was constructed in 1825 and served as a room and power mill. From 1910 it was used as a factory for the AVRO aircraft manufacturer, founded by A.V. Roe.
The first all-British aircraft to fly was the Roe 1 triplane constructed by A.V. Roe, the year before AVRO was founded. At Brownfields Mill A.V. Roe started production of some of the earliest British planes – the world’s first cabin monoplane Avro Type D and the military Type 500.
David Mills performs Dreamweaver: The Works of Langston Hughes as part of the Lannan Foundation's Literary Series live at the Lensic Theater.
Thursday February 27, 2013
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Gears for driving the mill stones. At left, background, is the "pit gear," the largest gear and the one connected directly to the water wheel. It connects to the smaller horizontally-mounted pegged gear (bottom, center) which is mounted coaxially on a shaft with the large toothed gear (right, background). The small, vertically-mounted pegged gear (right, top) connects to the grindstone above.
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Cochran Mill is the site of a former water-powered grist mill. The miil has long since been destroyed but some of its remains are still visible. In addition to the grist mill site there are also numerous and very scenic hiking and horsebacking trails. The park is located adjacent to the privately funded Cochran Mill Nature Center in South Fulton County near Palmetto, Georgia (USA).
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