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Millenium Mills and D-Silo
There used to be alot more slios attached to the front of the mills but at some point they were demolished. None quite like D-silo tho, what a great building it is!
A retired "mill critter," which long worked at the Wisconsin Rapids paper mill, sits idle near Vesper, Wisconsin.
This is the oldest mill in the British Isles and is believed to pre-date 1627, or at least those bits that have not been rebuilt!
Mill Lane Cemetery was a rather fortunate find in a residential area of Shoreham, that I only found about by spotting it on the map not far from St Nicholas Church.
Turned out to be a great find, with some interesting modern monuments set over a large area, plus a smaller section in one corner where all the older monuments are.
A little out of the way compared to some of Shorehams other locations, but well worth making the effort to find.
Approaching the first bridge on the left, I spy another tunnel through the undergrowth to the right.
Unfortunately demolished some years ago . . . The race, weir and leet still extant. On the River Chess.
This water mill dates from 1767, with 2 additions at each end from the early C19. There was however an earlier mill on the same site mentioned in Domesday. It was originally water powered and produced flour from corn. However mining subsidence affected the water level of the mill dam and subsequently a fire, caused the mill to fall into disuse. It was restored in 1924 and is now a private residence.
Peases Mill. Image from the Darlington Local Studies picture collection. If you would like a copy of this image please contact local.studies@darlington.gov.uk quoting picture reference 'E820049225', or if you would like to see other images of the Darlington area please visit the Centre for Local Studies, at Darlington Library.
Wade's Mill is a working flour mill, c. 1750, built by Captain Joseph Kennedy. Captain Kennedy was a Scotch-Irishman who was one of the earlier settlers in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He settled in the area between Staunton and Lexington Virginia. This was the frontier of the United States between 1740 and 1770. The Kennedy family owned the flour mill for about 100 years. In 1882, James F. Wade bought the flour mill and his family operated it for the next four generations. The interior and workings of the flour mill are much like they were when Mr. Wade bought it.
The mill is powered by a 21-foot water wheel that is fed by a nearby stream (known originally as Captain Joseph Kennedy's Mill Creek). Wade's Mill is one of the few remaining flour mills that still produces a wide variety of flours exclusively on mill stones. The mill is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Myself and 2 friends went to Devon for the weekend to visit John Arbon Fibre MIll's open day
I took this photo of Hart's Mill at Port Adelaide in mid 2004, using a Canon EOS 3000 film SLR, polariser and Fuji Velvia 50 transparency film. The potent mix of Velvia combined with a polariser really made the unusual clouds from that morning stand out against the building.
With this photo, I was lucky enough to win First Prize in small colour/mono prints, and Champion small print at the 2004 Adelaide Show photography exhibition. I also entered it into the 17th Annual Heritage Society photographic awards in 2005, where it won the The Bruce Mackenzie Memorial Youth Award, for photographers under 21.
Less luckily, this is the only transparency that I've ever lost, and it's one of my best shots of the mill. I never scanned it so I don't have a digital file either. At least I had a couple of smaller prints made that I could frame with the awards.
Dalton Mills was once the largest textile mill in the region, employing over 2000 workers. It was built by Joseph Craven in 1869, replacing the original mill which was owned by Rachel Leach in the 1780's.
The mill was named Dalton Mills after the manager employed by Rachel Leach, a man called Dalton.
In its heyday between 1869 and 1877 the mill provided jobs for workers all over Keighley and the Worth Valley.
As the textile industry declined, the fortunes of Dalton Mills changed and up until 2004, it had been virtually empty for almost a decade. John Craven, the great-great grandson of Joseph, who had built the mill, eventually chose to sell Dalton Mills to Magna Holdings, to ensure it’s survival.
Part of the renovation of the Clock Tower has included restarting the landmark clock which has not ticked for 25 years. In the mill's heyday, thousands of workers relied on the clock to get to work on time, but the hands had not moved for a quarter of a century. Last year Magna Holdings repaired the clock, and illuminated the faces, so it can display the time to the whole of Dalton Lane again.
Mill Village Cycling
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Cumberland, Rhode Island
The Blackstone River Bikeway crosses under RI 116 in the tiny mill village of Ashton, part of the town of Cumberland. Initially, I went there to photograph a waterfall, however there was almost no water flowing over the falls, and a large tree had fallen in front of the most interesting section. That idea was a wash. Walking back to my car, though, I was struck by the beautiful lines in this bridge, so I setup my tripod, composed, and waited. It was another case of picking an interesting background and waiting for a subject to move through the foreground. In the distant background, you can see the tower of the 1850 era Ashton Mills breaking the skyline. There are some excellent brick mill houses in this district, so there is a lot of potential for my neighborhood series. More to come from this area.
Post processing started with a classic filter in Topaz B&W FX. I adjusted adaptive exposure, regions, protect highlights, contrast, boost black, boost white, and color sensitivity sliders. A levels adjustment and a sepia photo filter were added in PSE.
The 'new' mill building viewed from the old mill.
Torr Vale Mill in the Derbyshire town of New Mills was the longest continuous running textile mill in the UK until it closed in 2000. Inside are abandoned cotton racks and looms with half woven towels. Despite its dramatic location nestled in the deep Goyt Valley, it has proved difficult to convert to a new use due to restricted site access. Several failed attempts to rehabilitate the building mean that it lies derelict, with the owner taking only the bare essential steps to secure the site from vandalism and pigeon infestation.
This distinctive heritage site has a fascinating history and was first settled in the 1790's. Industries built along the Don River at Todmorden came to include a saw mill, grist mill, paper mill, brewery and distillery.
A steel mill I have driven past for years, dreaming of the chance to get inside, is finally abandoned. This quickly became a top priority on our most recent European explore-a-thon. Just down the road from it is an excellent Doner Kabab shop.