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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.
St Helena Mill, Pool Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester.
Grade ll listed.
This eleven-bay steam-powered mill was built in the late 1820s with four storeys and an attic. It stands partly on the site of an earlier water-powered cotton mill of 1777. From the late 1830s it was occupied by Robert Walker and used for cotton waste spinning, probably on mules. Its continued use as a cotton waste mill probably explains the survival of the building. The site also included two red brick extensions of 1897 & 1906. The mill continued to be used for cotton waste spinning until 1979 and by 1999 the two extension had been demolished and the mill refurbished.
This mill is right across the river from my second favorite pizza place in Westford. I have been eating here for about three months, but I had never really noticed the mill before.
The bookplate of William C. Mills, in the collection of Daniel Fearing. Designed by Thos. E. French and printed by Jane Armstrong Shepard in 1913. Country: USA. Dimensions: 12.7 x 7.6. Features: Bone fish hooks; Sinkers; Two skulls and a skeleton below the name; ancient statue figure; arrowheads and artifacts. Type: bookplate. In the Fearing Angling collection.
Mrs. Mills - I Was Queen Victoria’s Chambermaid / Thank You Everybody (Parlophone R 5599) DEMO copy (side 2)
William Simons Mills was born 29 Oct 1820 in Johnson, Lamoille County, Vermont to Clark McKeen Mills (1787-1864) and Lucy Olds (1791-1872). In May 1853, William married Sarah Marie Nettleton (1826-1903) in Delaware, OH. William and Sarah had 3 children: Leof (1855-1910), Lyra (1856-1932) and Flynt William (1859-1950). William was a real estate man and he would move the family every few years. They were in Chicago in the 1870's. On 3 Sep 1896, William passed away in Saratoga, Santa Clara County, CA.
Cabinet card. Photographer was Brand, Chicago, IL.
hunslet mills in leeds, was really nice with the low sun at this time of year
jake greenwood www.flickr.com/photos/41472727@N02/ = more of my shit
GMTX2142 is on the point of a Housatonic extra bound for Mill Plain. Approaching MP 6 on the BL main in Brookfield.
Waterside Mill in Bacup. Built in 1839 this former Spinning Mill now sits derelict suffering from neglect and fire damage to the upper floor and roof.
Valley Heritage are currently working to try and save this listed building.
Lomography 100 film
Canon EOS300X
Canon 70-300mm lens
New Year's Day classic vehicle meet at Haselbury Mill near Crewkerne, Somerset. UK.
Barry Mill
Barry Mill is a working Category A listed watermill in Barry, Angus in eastern Scotland. It is owned and operated by the National Trust for Scotland as an educational tourist attraction. Situated in a secluded area beside the Barry Burn (the watercourse, which provides its power), the mill lies about half a mile north of the village of Barry, near the town of Carnoustie. It is a three floor building, containing a meal floor (basement), a milling floor and a top (or "bin floor"). A site for several mills since at least 1539, Barry Mill was commercially operational until 1984; it was then restored, and has been operated by the Trust since 1992. It was threatened with closure in March 2009, but has remained open due to local support, and the securing of external funding.
When in operation, the mill processes oats into oatmeal. (Oatmeal being a staple foodstuff, that in the past commonly formed part of the basic diet in Scotland.) Originally, the oats arrived in sacks from the neighbouring farms and had already been threshed. (There is an example of traditional threshing machine on display at the mill.) The oats were then dried in the mill's peat-fired kiln and then sent down a chute to the meal floor to be collected in sacks again. Today the oats arrive already processed, but the rest of the milling continues in the traditional style.
The oats are hoisted to the bin floor at the top of the mill, from where they are emptied into a hopper that feeds one of the mill's two pairs of millstones situated on the mill floor. This pair of sandstone millstones shells the grain, and the output is then sent down a chute to the basement where the shelled oats ("groats") are separated from the husks using a fan. The groats are then hoisted back to the top floor and fed through the second pair of millstones (made of French burr stone). This produces the oatmeal, which descends to the basement for bagging.
The mill is powered by the Barry Burn: there is a working dam and lade half a mile upstream, which channel water to the mill wheel. The wheel is 15 feet 6 inches (4.72 m) diameter, and is powered by the water dropping down from the lade on downstream side of the overshot waterwheel . The mill's power is controlled by a series of levers, cogs and gears in the basement. These supply power to the millstones, to the hoists, and to a fan that is used to separate the groats from the chaff.
The earliest reference to a mill on this site dates from 1539. Indeed, there were originally two mills on the Barry Burn, both owned by Balmerino Abbey in Fife: a corn mill ("the Nether Mill") and an oat mill ("the Over Mill"). The properties of the abbey were annexed by the crown in 1587 as a result of the Scottish Reformation, and were granted to James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Balmerino in 1605. The mills were sold to a Robert Watson in the late 17th century and subsequently inherited by Watson's son-in-law, Robert Gardyne in the 1680s.
Milling at the Nether Mill was discontinued and the structure, dating to 1783, is now used as a store building. In 1814, the Over Mill (which became known simply as "Barry Mill") was destroyed by a fire and the today's structure dates from its rebuilding by the owner, Thomas Gardyne of Middleton and Barry. The mill was purchased by the Gunn family in 1926 before being further extended in the 1930s. Barry Mill continued to produce oatmeal until the late 1970s. After that time it was used only to produce animal feed, until flood damage to the mill lade finally ended commercial operations in 1984.
The derelict mill was acquired by the National Trust for Scotland in 1988, and was fully restored over the next four years, to the condition it had enjoyed in 1814). It was reopened by the Trust in 1992, and has since operated on a demonstration basis. Demonstrations are offered at weekends or for parties by prior arrangement, although the mill is also operational at other times. The mill's stables have been converted into a visitor centre, and the mill itself also contains displays about the life and work of both mill and millers.
The mill and the nearby bridge which was part of the old road from Barry Grange to Panbride were both granted Category B listed buildings status by Historic Scotland in 1971. The Nether Mill building was granted Category C listing in 1980.
In 2009, the mill was one of the least visited of the Trust's properties, attracting about 2,000 annual visitors. In March 2009, the Trust, facing financial difficulties, listed the loss-making Barry Mill as one of 11 of its properties threatened with immediate closure, unless external sponsorship could be found. The intention was to "moth-ball" the mill until financial circumstances were better. On 25 March, at a public meeting, "Friends of Barry Mill" was formed in an attempt to raise funds and to campaign to save the mill. In July 2009, the Trust announced that the property would continue to operate "for the foreseeable future" and that this was made possible due to support pledged by Angus Council and the Gibson Graham Charitable Trust.
Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield. I think this building often goes un-noticed which is a shame, as it's fantastic.
Aizlewood’s Mill was built in 1861 on the site of the former nursery gardens of Sheffield Castle and alongside Sheffield’s first railway Âthe Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire  which carried grain from the cornfields of Lincolnshire. Sheffield's first railway station was adjacent to Aizlewood's Mill's car park.
The building is a particularly fine example of the prestige buildings of the period with cast iron columns supporting heavy timber beams to provide a framework for a substantial brick building with many attractive architectural features.
Source www.aizlewoodsmill.co.uk/
Velvet Mill is the second phase of Lister Mills, the stunning collection of Grade II* Listed mills and warehouses which dominate the Bradford skyline. Designed by David Morley Architects and developed by Urban Splash, the largest listed building in Bradford has been lovingly restored into new homes and ground floor commercial spaces.
Find out more: www.urbansplash.co.uk/residential/lister-mills
The first mill on the site on Bryant Creek was built by William Holeman in 1861. Alva Hodgson bought the mill in 1884. The original burned and Hodgson built a new one in 1894 and, in 1898, his brother George Hodgson became operator and part owner of the mill.
The mill was built over a spring that is reported to produce 28,900,000 gallons of water a day. This water stays a constant 58 degrees year round.
Hodgson Mill
Sycamore Missouri
Ozark County
The old grain mill wheel ant Deep River county park. spoted in sunlight thru the trees. The water not so deep anymore. still a very cool water wheel though. When I was in grade school I got corn ground here and made corn bread with it. thats pretty cool...I thinnk?
The Three Mills are former working mills on the River Lee at Bow, East London. The House Mill remains the largest tidal mill in the world, it is one of only four grade I listed buildings in the London Borough of Newham.
The site is now a dedicated centre for film and television production - Three Mills Studios.
This mill was built on the hillside near the Eureka Mine in 1909. Powered by gasoline engines, the mil pulverized the ore, then chemical processes using mercury and cyanide extracted the gold. The mill site and surrounding mines were originally part of Shorty Harris's claim, which he sold to the Cashier Mining Company. Pete Aguereberry later bought the mil site, adding to the seven Death Valley mining claims he already owned.