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The Historic Alton Mill in the village of Alton, Ontario, part of the Town of Caledon.
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On the ground floor of the mill.
Taken during London Open House 2018
House Mill
The Worlds largest tidal mill. 5-storey, timber-framed, brick-clad timber watermill with four waterwheels, originally built 1776 to mill grain for distillery trade. Operational until 1940. On historic 3 Mills Site.
History
The House Mill was built in 1776 by Daniel Bisson, on the site of an earlier mill and between two houses occupied by the miller and his family, hence its name. The Clock Mill opposite was rebuilt in 1817. There was also a third mill, a windmill, which survived until about 1840. The House Mill continued to operate until 1941 and the Clock Mill until 1952.
Restoration
In 1989 work began on the House Mill and the fabric of the Mill has been fully restored. As part of the work to restore the site, the Miller’s House, which had been demolished in the late 1950s, was reconstructed in 1993/4. The façade was rebuilt to the 1763 design with reused 18th century bricks. Using many of the original materials recovered from the bombed site, the ground floor of the Miller’s House has been reconstructed as original, whilst the rest of the building is a new structure.
The Miller’s House provides a visitor, information, and education centre, with meeting rooms for hire and a small cafe. It was funded by the European Union. In 1996 it won a Civic Trust Commendation for outstanding architecture.
The garden was laid out to include a combination of design suggestions by pupils of Sarah Bonnell School, and includes original kitchen garden plants and a herb garden.
[Open House website]
The area known as Three Mills Island is a stretch of land surrounded by three channels of the ancient River Lea. There have been mills in this area for many centuries – according to the Domesday Survey, there were at least eight mills here at that point in time. Over time, wind power was used to drive mills with the addition of windmills. But, this area remains, perhaps, best known for its tidal mills. It was to become the home of the biggest tidal mill in the world.
The mills on this site were historically able to take advantage of the tidal flow of the river up to the Thames Estuary and the local Bow Creek. During its heyday, the mills here could work for up to eight hours in each tide, allowing them to become major producers in London.
In medieval times, Three Mills was the main producer of flour for local bakers who baked bread for the city. The mills here also had other uses, however, and at least one was a gunpowder mill. The site was largely developed in the 1720s when it was purchased by a group of local residents, including Peter Lefevre, a Huguenot refugee from France.
In the 1770s, the owners built the current House Mill building. Its name was derived from its location between two houses for staff who worked on the site as millers. The second of the mills, the Clock Mill, was constructed in 1817 and the third was a windmill. This site was a thriving concern in the 18th century. As well as the mills that worked on site, the owners also ran a distillery and piggery and employed many local people.
The House Mill was damaged by a fire in 1802 and needed to be partly rebuilt. Bombing during the Second World War effectively closed the site down in terms of milling production. The last of the mills to be in operation was the House Mill itself, which was ultimately shut down in 1941. This building now has a Grade I listing.
[EastLondonHistory website]
I made this picture in the polder of Hardinxveld-Giessendam on a sunny winter day.
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Deze foto is gemaakt in de polder bij Hardinxveld-Giessendam op een zonnige winterdag.
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Fort Mill High School welcomed Ken Dixon – Class of 1970, also representing his brother Philip (C/O 1969), Sandra Miller Booker – Class of 1969, Linda Potts – Class of 1969, Harry Watts – Class of 1969, Lestina Jackson Potts – Class of 1969, Rudy Sanders – Class of 1970,Betty Potts – Class of 1972 to honor the first black graduates of Fort Mill High School in 1969. The former graduates shared their experiences with current students and what graduating from FMHS meant to them.
Mill at Spring Mill State Park in Mitchell Indiana, also the home of the Gus Grissom Memorial Museum
Once a former working mill now converted into trendy flats.
The wall on the far side has been heightened after the floods of Carlisle in 2005 breached and flooded most of this part of town.
Only recently has the whole flood risk area of town had new flood defence work completed.
La Mille Miglia è emozione, passione, tradizione, eleganza e leggenda. La gara riservata alle auto d’epoca costruite tra il 1927 e il 1957 giunge quest’anno la sua 35ª rievocazione, che coincide anche con il 90° anniversario della prima edizione della corsa nel 1927.
Dal 1927 al 1957 piloti più o meno famosi si diedero battaglia su strade aperte al traffico, il suo tracciato negli anni fu modificato per ben tredici volte. La corsa inizialmente fu concepita come gara unica (non a tappe ma a cronometro) con un percorso a forma di “otto” da Brescia a Roma e ritorno, su una distanza di 1000 miglia corrispondenti a 1.600 km circa.
La Mille Miglia è un patrimonio d’eccellenza italiana e bresciana, è identità legata anche al Garda e alle sue bellezze. Desenzano è infatti la prima tappa della sua “folle corsa” e il legame della nostra città con la Mille Miglia parte da lontano: affonda le sue radici nell’epopea del Reparto Alta Velocità e nel record di Francesco Agello.
Non a caso, Desenzano è diventato il punto di partenza del “Ferrari Tribute to Mille Miglia” e del “Mercedes-Benz Mille Miglia Challenge”.
Il programma della Mille Miglia 2017, dopo la partenza della prima tappa da Brescia, prevede il primo equipaggio davanti al porto di Desenzano per le 15.15, lì i concorrenti effettueranno il controllo timbro. Contestualmente al passaggio della corsa, dal 16 al 21 maggio, è stata allestita in Galleria civica “G.Bosio” una mostra fotografica dedicata al pilota Tazio Nuvolari e alla Mille Miglia storica. Inaugurazione martedì 16 maggio alle ore 12.
Anche quest’anno, ad ammirare Desenzano del Garda, e tutte le altre magnifiche località sul percorso, oltre a circa milleottocento operatori dei media, ci saranno migliaia di appassionati provenienti da tutti i continenti, a conferma dell’internazionalità della Freccia Rossa. La promozione del territorio attraversato dalla corsa più bella del mondo, delle sue bellezze, delle tradizioni e dei suoi prodotti ha sempre rappresentato uno dei primi obiettivi della Mille Miglia.
Fotografie a cura dell'Ufficio Stampa del Comune di Desenzano del Garda.