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Caring for an Icon

Hardley Mill in need of repair in 1950, Karl Wood Windmill Sketches—WOOD-M1378. Repairs began on Hardley Mill in 2008. Half...

The Story of Wind Energy in Europe

Introducing a new project, and how you can help tell the story Wind power has a rich history, shaping Europe’s...

100,000 Records

At the end of 2024 we hit a significant milestone – the 100,000th item to be catalogued from our archive. And...

A Wind Power Pioneer

My journey began over coffee and biscuits at the dining table of Dr Peter J Musgrove......

The Staff of Life

“If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens. Bread is the king...

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...

Mill Fires

October, 1886: After a hard day at work you are asleep in your bed, the chill of the autumn day...

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