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The Clock Mill
Taken during London Open House 2018
Clock tower of 1753; mill adjoining to the east of 1817. Mill brown brick with slate pitched roof to eaves. Four and a half storeys. Eight bays wide with segmental headed sash windows, sixteen paned with sashes renewed. Weatherboarded gabled hoist housing to left hand side of south facade. To the right two three storey drying kilns with conical slated roofs (cowls recently added). In front of these, at corner, clock tower, yellow brick of two square stages, one octagonal, surmounted by two stage wooden octagonal clock tower with cupola and clock. Pointed windows with Gothic glazing bars to lower stages. Three tidal water wheels and driving gear to ground floor of mill range.
[Historic England]
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.
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Name withheld due to protect contents from thieves and that it is part live. Located in Gloucestershire.
Making pizza sauce with teeny, tiny tomatoes. foodinjars.com/2015/10/roasted-grape-tomato-pizza-sauce
Highlighted New Listing – February 3, 2012
Yamhill County, Oregon
Other Names: Barnekoff and Allyn's Flouring Mill, McMinnville Flouring Mill, Atlas Milling Co., Houck
Milling Co., Buchanan-Cellers Grain Co., Valley Feed & Supply. Buchanan Cellers
Outside of the historic downtown district, the Buchanan Cellers Mill, constructed in 1888, is one of McMinnville's oldest industrial/commercial buildings and one of only a handful of tangible reminders of the City's agricultural beginnings, specifically that a flour-milling business once flourished in McMinnville. Indeed the building is the last remaining, intact flour-mill building within the city limits. The building's status as an anchor of McMinnville's original industrial district has persisted as it now anchors the area (the Granary District) currently recognized for its commitment to locally owned and operated commercial, industrial, and agricultural businesses. As the city's sole remaining flour mill building, the continued presence of this building solidifies a piece of McMinnville's past amidst a changing economy and streetscape. The old flour-mill building looms tall in northeast McMinnville, its presence a comfort and constant. While change is imminent and guaranteed, the preservation of McMinnville's only remaining flour mill building is an essential link between the agricultural past and the emerging future.
The importance of the flour mill cannot be underestimated when considering the success and growth of a community like McMinnville. Since its beginnings as the Barnekoff and Allyn Flouring Mill, the Buchanan Cellers Mill has continued to operate in an agriculturally related industrial and/or commercial capacity while adapting to the needs of a growing and changing community. Although exterior additions and alterations were made, the historic Barnekoff and Allyn's Flouring Mill structure exists today almost in its entirety in the Buchanan Cellers Mill.
August 14, 2021 - A quick stop at Clifton Mill located in Clifton, Ohio "The Historic Clifton Mill is one of the largest water-powered grist mills still in existence. The first mill at this site was built in 1802 by Owen Davis, a Revolutionary War soldier and frontiersman miller. The mill was built in this location to take advantage of the natural power of the concentrated water funneled into the gorge. Owen Davis and his son-in-law, General Benjamin Whiteman also built a saw mill and a distillery. Soon a village known as Davis Mills sprang up. The Little Miami River powered five other mills that were built within a mile of Historic Clifton Mill: a woolen mill, saw mill, paper mill, barrel mill and another grist mill. Historic Clifton Mill is the only one still standing." Previous text from the following website: cliftonmill.com
Bodenham Mill
Pulaski, Tennessee
Listed 03/27/2013
Reference Number: 13000122
The Bodenham Mill is eligible for the National Register under criterion A for its local significance in commerce. Rebuilt ca.1930 in rural Giles County, the grist and flour mill served as the center of trade and activity within the community for twenty-five years. At the time the present mill was rebuilt, following loss by fire, Bodenham was already in the midst of a gradual decline, having lost its post office by 1914. Transportation in the area had improved as highways were completed, allowing farmers to travel to larger mills in cities like Pulaski, the county seat. Despite the decline, the Bodenham Mill survived for the next twenty-five years, serving a more localized region. Early in its history, the mill drew farmers from far distances; however, by the 1930s, the clientele was primarily smaller farmers who wanted more specialized, personalized services. The water-powered technology of the Bodenham Mill remained relatively unchanged since its original construction in the 1830s. However, the continued success of the mill allowed for the introduction of more advanced, and efficient equipment that survives within the building's interior. As such, the mill managed to keep pace with new milling techniques while retaining a smaller, personalized clientele in and around Bodenham. The present Bodenham Mill operated ca.1930 to ca.l955. The building retains a large degree of its historic and architectural integrity.
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Cley, Norfolk, is a favourite spot for bird watching. We went with an RSPB group, but I concentrated on the marsh landscape and on the village. The old grain mill is now a restaurant.
Collection: Caley Postcards
Filename: 9015-028-000-01679.jpg
State: Delaware
County: New Castle County
City/Town: Hagley Museum
Color/BW: Color
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Publisher: Johnson Litho Graphics of Eau Claire, WI
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Size: 6 x 4.25
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The mill at the other end of the Mill Run in the west reaches of Cades Cove in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Some of the cedar looked positively new (and reddish) while the red looked wonderfully old and weatherered (and very grey). In the world of black and white this is not an issue. The mill wheel was not spinning when I took the image but it had been going just a moment earlier - it's still a working mill a few minutes out of every day.