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A visit to Quarry Bank Mill in Manchester to see how cotton was spun in the 1700s. The event was sponsored by Cargill Cotton.
this derlict water mill was up for sale, close to where we stayed in Angus, Scotland in the Spring...an worthwhile project for someone perhaps :) I have attempted to sketch it a few times, I love it but it is quite difficult to paint !
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From www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/14000435.htm:
"Located on the Quinebaug River in Putnam, Cargill Falls Mill, as it is known today, is an expansive mill property that reflects the early development, growth and nearly continuous operation of the textile industry in northeastern Connecticut. Fueled by an abundant supply of water power, the site supported a variety of early milling operations and later became the location of Windham County's first cotton mill. Expanded and modified in the mid-nineteenth century to accommodate the production of woolen goods, the twenty building complex, with structures dating from 1806, represents more than 178 years of mill architecture. The mill's prime location, successful entrepreneurship, and access to immigrant populations and rail lines, promoted the development of what was to become the downtown core of Putnam, Connecticut."
Date stone detail of Wellington silk mill, Leek, Staffordshire.
Now converted into housing, the Wellington Mill in Leek, Staffordshire, is one of many Victorian textile mills in the town and the last to cease working as a silk mill.
The fleeing Huguenots , following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, are often credited with bringing the silk industry to Leek but, in fact, although they introduced more refined techniques to the industry, it goes further back than that in this area and was mentioned in the will of John Wood, a silk weaver, in 1672.
Leek was particularly famed for the production of fine ribbons, thread and silk covered buttons, known collectively as smallwares. Originally this was a cottage industry but, with expansion and mechanisation in the 19th century, large mills took over the industry. Alongside the production of the silk goods a specialist dyeing industry also grew up, encouraged by William Morris, who worked alongside local mill owner, Thomas Wardle, to perfect dyes made from natural materials. The most specialist of all was Raven Black, for which Leek became well known.
Products from the Wellington Mill were exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1862 in London and later in exhibitions in Leeds, Paris and even Melbourne in Australia.
The products from the mill covered an enormous range of goods over the years , including threads made especially for tailors, dressmakers, mantle makers and corset manufacturers. Even boot and shoe and harness makers were catered for, as were dentists and surgeons, for whom the mill made surgical threads. Two of the most important products were the fine embroidery threads required by the local Leek Embroidery Society and threads for making military uniforms.
With thanks to Sarah Brough for lending me her dissertation on the history of the mill.
A last look at the mill, with the manager's office on the left. In the foreground is the exit incline up to the Rhiwbach Tramway
nrhp # 13001166- The Potomac Mills was a mill complex located along the Potomac River roughly .5 miles (0.80 km) downriver of Shepherdstown. Built in 1826, the complex was originally used as a gristmill. In 1829, the mill began producing cement for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal's construction. The factory continued to produce cement after the canal opened, and it shipped its product along the canal to other cities. Flooding and drought conditions in the 1880s led the mill to reduce its operations, and by 1901 the mill closed permanently.
The remaining buildings from the mill occupy an 18-acre (7.3 ha) site and are mostly in ruins. The buildings include the main mill building, several lime kilns, a headrace wall, and an office building. The stone foundation of the mill's dam, which extends across the river into Washington County, Maryland, is also still part of the site.[2] The mill site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 5, 2014.
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Gunnestorp's Mölla - Grandpa owned it for a few years. Not exactly sure what years, just that they sold it in the 1930s.
This was a mill building on a patch of property, abandoned on a hillside in the mostly empty areas surrounding downtown Johnstown, PA.
One of what I like to think of as a "postcard" shot. That is, if it were actually as good a picture as what I build it up in my mind!
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A tin for some form of spinning equipment. This mill was great for the smaller items. Loads to hunt down.
Ena Mill in Atherton. Built in 1908 and closed in 1999 and was the last of the textiles mills in Atherton to close.
Cromford Mill was the first water-powered cotton spinning mill developed by Richard Arkwright in 1771 in Cromford, Derbyshire, England, which laid the foundation of his fortune and was quickly copied by mills in Lancashire, Germany and the United States. It forms the centrepiece of the Derwent Valley Mills, now a World Heritage Site.
The top floor of R&W Pauls Mill in Ipswich.
This used to have an awsome intact conveyor system in place a few years ago but recently its been stripped out and sent for scrap.. many places are going the same way this year.. Maybe everyones cashing in while the price of scrap is high.. Its not doing my hobby much good thats for sure..
Built in 1901, Loray Mill has been vacant for the past two decades. It was once the South's largest industrial building at more that 600,000 square feet. A historic strike here in 1929 led to violence that claimed the life of a police officer and a worker. This is how it looks today, converted to sepia.
Corporal Edward Mills. One of the many who gave his life defending Groton and New London during the Battle of Fort Griswold on September 6th, 1781. Located at Wightman Burying Grounds in Mystic, CT. Often I stand and take a moment to wonder and daydream how different his life was than the one we currently know in this region.
Taken from the observation deck of the Mill City Museum, this wide angle shot shows the ruins of the Washburn A mill, the Stone Arch Bridge, and the Mississippi River in the background.
The old mill pond in Stockamöllan, the small village (just a collection of houses) is known for its forklifts "Stocka". Today is Stocka bought by the German company Sthil.
Swedish newspaper text.
a visit to Saltaire 4 miles outside Bradford to see the exhibition by David hockney (the arrival of spring) a great place to visit and shop.
This waterwheel was non-functional when I visited the mill a few years ago. The water came from a canal.
Designed by Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle.
Mill City Museum was a the former home of General Mills and Betty Crocker however with a fire in 1991 leaving only fraction of the facades.
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Proposed demolition of Edenwood Mill and all associated structures within the red line area.
March 2025 demolition underway
nrhp # 82003277- The old mill in Clinton, New Jersey, has been called both Dunham's Mill and Parry's Mill, after its first two owners. In 1836, Charles and James Dunham built the current fieldstone mill on the ashes of an earlier mill. In 1843, Samuel Parry purchased the mill which he (and, later, his son Edward) worked until 1909.(1)
Perry's Mill now houses the Hunterdon Museum of Art. According to one source, Just before the South Branch of the Raritan unfolds at the Clinton falls, the river's banks are home for two long-time repositories of New Jersey's history and culture. On the west bank, the landmark Red Mill, built in about 1812 to process wool, has played host to a succession of industries and activities spawned by the region's remarkably rich agriculture. In the 1830s a large stone mill rose across the river on the east bank where the proprietors stuck to grinding grain, the reigning business at this site since Colonial times. The two mills stood and stand yet as eloquent testimony to a once keen harmony between man's needs and Nature's possibilities. In 1952 a group composed of artists and community leaders acquired the stone gristmill for use as a nonprofit cultural center.
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The Old Mill, in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
One day after work I headed out to the Old Mill to try for a few shots. It was crowded there, like it usually is, with a lot of other photographers. This time there were two groups taking family or engagement shots or something like that, and they all got annoyed with each other because they each got in the other's way. I was annoyed with them all since they were usually sitting right in the middle of everything. This was taken on a rare few minutes when the coast was clear...