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Gems of the Archive

A tragic story lies behind this hardworking miller

A deathbed confession

This Gem, an article from the 11th January 1899 edition of the Northwestern Miller, describes a hermit miller.

The Craft of Millwrighting

This exhibition tells the story of the past and present state of millwrighting, covering the development of the craft, the materials that a millwright would use, the contrasts between past and present millwrights and the biographies of key millwrights.

The Mills of Shushtar

In 1992 Michael Harverson visited Iran to look for watermills. One of the most memorable sites he visited was Shushtar...

The hero of the drought

Early 20th-century crossbreeding of sorghum in the United States and its propagation in a 21st-century world affected by climate change

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Mills in the Second World War – Hannah Pomeroy

This Gun Who is this man,This man who holds a gun?His gun is differentYet, it is the same…His has a...

Stansted Windmill, Essex by Nathanael Hodge

The mill in 1880 with the miller in the doorway REXW-ESS-73-06 Stansted windmill stands in the village of Stansted Mountfitchet in...

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The Mills of Shushtar

The hero of the drought

Mills in the Second World War – Hannah Pomeroy

Stansted Windmill, Essex by Nathanael Hodge

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