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Businessman Mike Robertson founded his business empire at Trago Mills in Cornwall's Glynn Valley in the 1960s.
Trying to build a business of this sort was not easy in an extremely beautiful valley like this. Inevitably Robertson faced opposition from what he called 'Crats' and politicians.
His reaction was to commission 'statues' of well-known figures and give them the features of those Crats and politicians.
The statues of the Crats are still there but Robertson himself has died, to be succeeded by his sons. Still not short on controversy or right-wing views, the stores are always busy whenever I've visited them.
I get the strong impression that like Canute, the Crats have never really had their own way at Trago and Mike Robertson does indeed have the last laugh.
Pillage and Plunder are two Norse warriors who represent the British Trade Unions and the Crats.
Due belle esibizioni di Ruota di Rhon per i nostri amici dell'asd Orbassano. grazie mille dell'invito
Friday was what my wife likes to call "Jeffrey Day". The kids are in school, she's working, I'm off....which means I have the day to myself.
Since I haven't had much time to take pictures, I spent the day driving around with a few sites in mind.
I headed up to Clinton to try and find the mill I have seen so many pictures of. I have this thing for country settings. You know...stars, barns, farms and the like.
It wasn't difficult to find, but I think I spent a good 15 minutes trying to find a parking space.
This was my first time in the town and I was quite surprised at the "little town" atmosphere here. The first couple pictures I took were pretty bad unfortunately. The sky wasn't cooperating and they looked pretty drab to say the least. I took a lot of pictures of the mill and luckily the sun came out just before I was ready to leave. So I ended up repeating a lot of my pictures. These were a few of my favorites.
One of the old mills coming down in the town I live in. This mill was built back in the late 1800's. I like all the different colors that were used on each floor level.
Union Mills, Maryland
The Shriver Home was built in 1797 by Andrew and David Shriver and was continually occupied by the family for 6 generations. It is now a historic museum and listed on the NRHP.
The Pigeon Forge Mill, commonly called the Old Mill, is a historic gristmill in the U.S. city of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Located along the West Fork of the Little Pigeon River, the mill complex currently consists of a millhouse, breastshot wheel, and milldam, all of which are operative. The mill is the only structure in Pigeon Forge listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
This is my favorite thing in the mill - the lever which opens the wooden gate above the water wheel. allowing the water to flow over the wheel which, in turn, causes the wheel to move, creating power to grind.
Rajnagar mill, Ahmedabad, Gujarat is an abandoned mill since years which was open for public few months ago.
Ahmedabad was once called the ‘Manchester of the East’ due to the large number of textile mills in the city. Sadly, however, the ‘Manchester of the East’ fell into decline as the years went by and by the 1980s not only were the mills shut down but also lakhs of people lost their jobs! The entire industry was in disarray even as no remedial action was taken.
click on the picture then all sizes note the Ochil hills in the background Carrongrove twinwire building in the foreground.
Various mills have occupied this spot since the first building was erected in the year 969. In the Middle Ages, the mill was owned by the nearby Benedictine Abbey, and peasants were under an obligation to have their flour ground in the mill. Part of the flour was withheld as payment by the miller. When in 1500 the Abbot diverted the river water in order to supply the mill with sufficient power, the neighbouring village was flooded. The villagers rose up in protest, and fifteen years later they were granted permission to change the course of the water in case of an emergency.
At the Dissolution of the Monasteries, ownership of the mill reverted to the Crown.
The best-known miller is the nineteenth-century Quaker Potto Brown, a wealthy man who was so pious that he carried his ledgers to family prayer meetings in order to discuss with his Maker debts owed him. After his death, a bronze bust of him was erected
Although there has been a mill on this site for most of Houghton's history, the original mill site (certainly in the time of the Domesday book) was approximately 0.4 miles along the river towards Huntingdon. The original mill pond is still there but now appears to be a natural backwater.
The present building was probably built in the 17th century, and was extended in the 19th century. In the 1930s, the mill was decommissioned. Local residents bought the building and it was given to the National Trust. After the war, the mill was in use as a youth hostel, and was one of the few YHA establishments where smoking was forbidden because of fire hazard.
The mill is now operational again and the river race can be seen here as the stones do their work
Cotehele Mill – Cornwall
The stream that feeds the wheel of the working mill at Cotehele.
The Mill can be glimpsed through the trees on the left.
This shot was taken downstream of the mill, so the water is flowing towards you.
Old tyres and green sludge together with the Greenway (Northern outfall sewer) form the pleasant foreground to this image.
The old mill in Wakefield Québec, this picture was work from the camera in black and white, whit infrared filter, no post process at all,,, From the Box...:-)
you can really appreciated this one in Black