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Bridgehaugh Mill presented an uninspiring frontage onto the street. Bridgehaugh Mill was originally a spinning and weaving mill built in 1865. It was taken over by Heather Mills who were further along the street on the opposite side in 1930 and later their subsidiary Logan & Turner manufactured woven felts in Bridgehaugh Mill for the paper trade.
Later the mill became a dyeworks. Since the date of this photo, this group of mill buildings was destroyed by fire in May 2011.
Historic information obtained from Scottish Borders from Above by Alastair Campbell, published by Deveron Publications of Kelso in 2007.
The James Rice family built this mill in 1798 on Lost Creek in what is now Union County, Tennessee. Four generations of the family operated it there until 1935 when the Tennessee Valley Authority bought the land where it stood.
Norris Dam, which was the first of the TVA dams, would soon flood its location so in 1935 men from the Civilian Conservation Corps moved the mill to its present site just downstream of the dam.
During its long history the mill has at times been rigged to power a sawmill, a cotton gin, a trip hammer, and even a dynamo that supplied electricity to power lights for the Rice home in 1899.
In summer months the mill is still used to grind cornmeal which is available for sale at the site.
You Tube video of the Rice Mill can be seen here.
Carriage inside mill. Palmer, Oregon. 1910.
Name of Expedition: Huron H. Smith Expedition to Oregon
Participants: Huron H. Smith
Expedition Start Date: 1910
Expedition End Date: 1911
Purpose or Aims: Collecting Botany specimens, taking portraits of trees
Location: Palmer, Oregon, U.S.A., North America
Original material: 5x7 glass negative
Digital Identifier: CSB33016
...and part of the River Stour that feeds the water mill at Bourton Mill, Dorset.
Bourton lies on the River Stour which passes through the historic Bourton Mill, once home to the second largest water wheel (60ft in diameter) in Britain.
The mill, which is mentioned in the Domesday book, has had many incarnations. As a linen mill it processed flax and supplied canvas to the Royal Navy but when industry declined it was developed into a foundry with a blast furnace and was one of the first places to make the new threshing machines in the West of England. It went on to build boilers, steam lorries and gas engines as well as gaining a reputation as a builder of water wheels.
During the First World War Mills Bombs were produced here in vast quantities. After the Gasper dam burst upriver in the summer of 1917, much of the machinery was washed from the factory and it took a number of years for industry to re-start on the site. When it did return in 1933 the factory entered its final phase as a dried milk processing plant and this continued up until its closure in 1998.
It is now derelict with many of the oldest buildings in a state of collapse.
Bourton lies on the River Stour which passes through the historic Bourton Mill, once home to the second largest water wheel (60ft in diameter) in Britain.
The mill, which is mentioned in the Domesday book, has had many incarnations. As a linen mill it processed flax and supplied canvas to the Royal Navy but when industry declined it was developed into a foundry with a blast furnace and was one of the first places to make the new threshing machines in the West of England. It went on to build boilers, steam lorries and gas engines as well as gaining a reputation as a builder of water wheels.
During the First World War Mills Bombs were produced here in vast quantities. After the Gasper dam burst upriver in the summer of 1917, much of the machinery was washed from the factory and it took a number of years for industry to re-start on the site. When it did return in 1933 the factory entered its final phase as a dried milk processing plant and this continued up until its closure in 1998.
It is now derelict with many of the oldest buildings in a state of collapse.
Abbotsford, BC Canada
There is a paved walking trail around the lake. The trail is is around 2.5km long. There is also a foot bridge along the eastern shoreline.
Fishing can be done at almost any point along the lake shoreline. The easiest sections are the south shoreline, the dock by the boat launch on the north shore and the foot bridge on the east side.
Fishing Season:
Fishing can be done year round at Mill Lake, but the best period is between March and November. The lake is stocked with rainbow trout by the Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery between March and June. Stockings are not done in July and August due to the warmer weather, but fishing for bass and other spiny ray species can be good during this period. Rainbow trout stockings resume in late September until November. Although it is usually cold between December and February, trout fishing can still be good at times.
www.fishingwithrod.com/articles/region_two/mill_lake.html
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An abandoned mill in Middletown, NY. That sign advertising a plan to convert it into senior apartments has been there at least ten years. No work has ever been done.
Derby Silk Mill is part of the UNESCO Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. This collective of buildings is on the foundations of the Lombe brothers’ 18th-century silk thread factory which introduced the world’s first fully mechanised factory.
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £9.3m to restore and open up the Mill. The project plans include community involvement in the repair, design and re-making of the building to showcase Derby’s on-going story of technical innovation from the 1700’s to the present day.
More info: www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/derby...
Mill Ruins Park is a park in downtown Minneapolis, standing on the west side of Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River. The park interprets the history of flour milling in Minneapolis and shows the ruins of several flour mills that were abandoned. The park is the result of an archaeological study of the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Along with the remains of several flour mills and other industrial buildings, the park also contains two stone piers and several iron girder piers that held a trestle for the Minneapolis Eastern Railroad. The tailraces from the waterpower canal are also clearly visible, and the water flow has been restored through the canal. Signs posted along the walkways interpret the ruins and the history of the area.
Be carefully if you go along on the attic.
The mill building are full of holes of all sizes and shapes, and sometimes several floors deep
Buccleuch Mills is one of the oldest mills still producing clothing. Locally known as Sibbalds. The 1824 map of Hawick shows this building marked as Rope Works.
This is the 40-foot overshot waterwheel Oct. 27, 2010 at Mill Springs Mill, which is a historical gristmill from the 1800s that is preserved and administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. The mill is located off Kentucky Highway 90 between Burnside and Monticello on the banks of scenic Lake Cumberland in Mill Springs, Ky. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)
From the Historic Scotland website:
The old mill by the stream
Beside the Pow Burn in the pretty village of New Abbey stands a three-storey whitewashed mill building. It was built around the end of the 18th century by the Stewarts of nearby Shambellie House. But the site probably reaches back to the late 13th century, when the Cistercian monks established their monastery of Dulce Cor (‘Sweet Heart’ ) at the far end of the village. The present mill is still known locally as ‘Monks’ Mill’.
Agricultural improvements in the 18th century enabled farmers to improve their crop yields dramatically. This led to the building of the present mill. It was originally just two storeys high. During the 19th century, the mill was heightened and improved, increasing the number of millstones from two to three. Thomas Millar is the first recorded miller, in 1825. The last miller, John Clingan, closed his ledgers and stopped the waterwheel soon after the Second World War.
A perfect time-capsule
In today’s world of fast food and convenience living, it is difficult for us to understand just how central the corn mill was to our ancestors’ lives. Until barely a century ago, almost every mouthful of food eaten in Scotland passed between millstones. New Abbey Corn Mill offers visitors a wonderful insight into Scottish rural life in years gone by.
The mill is a perfect time-capsule of the miller’s craft. All the essential elements are still there to be enjoyed:
•the water source of Loch Kindar;
•the long, sinuous mill lade;
•the mill pond, newly emerged from a long period of neglect;
•the restored mill itself, with its waterwheel and most of its machinery intact;
•the kiln, where the harvested corn was dried;
•the miller’s house, now serving as the visitor centre;
•and the tail-race, where the water returned to nature.
Preserving the past
Milling was once a very familiar sight and sound across Europe. Now it has largely disappeared. This makes the preservation of mills such as that at New Abbey all the more important. But in order to preserve the mill’s fragile machinery, we are unable to run it as often as we would like.
For this reason Historic Scotland has compiled a video presentation, The Miller’s Tale, which shows the mill working. On days when water is in short supply, or when the mill is not running, visitors can still hear the clack of the ‘damsel’ on the mill stones and see the trickle of the grain falling into the sacks.
The famous Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway (mile marker 177; click on map at right)) near Fancy Gap, VA and I-77.
This mill is a functional museum.
They still grind corn here for demonstration purposes. The mill was set up to not only grind meal, but also as a saw mill to cut lumber and flooring.
It is operated by the National Park Service.
I have a painting of this mill in my living room, painted by Lowell Vance Benfield, the father of Rita Benfield posted elswhere on this site, and also a dear friend. He was an excellent painter.
I bought the painting for my mother, who had it in her living room until her death when it was returned to me.
The handwritten sign in the center reads 'Must wear ear plugs in mill warpath'. I wish I took some close up shots of the control panel. A few of the buttons were labeled 'East/West Pulverizer' - couldn't resist pressing those.
Potomac Mills (1,839,130 square feet)
2700 Potomac Mills Circle, Woodbridge, VA
Opened September 12th, 1985, addition built in 1986
I really need to improve the workstation at my Steinel, which I've been doing all my general milling on recently. Here I laid out a rag on the Marchetti table and have everything laid out on it. It's convenient, but even with the rag it sucks to be using an alignment table this way.
BBC London News.
Lead miller Abigail provides film for BBC news report during Coronavirus restrictions.
The classic Colorado icon. My first trip here and considering how rough the road was, it may be my last.