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Water courses and water power

The Association for Industrial Archaeology is holding an interesting meeting on the weekend of 13th-14th April. FROM THE AIA WEBSITE:...

Windsor Castle hydro power passes test and ready to start

BBC Berkshire has just announced that cable tests, which caused delays, have now been successfully completed, Two giant water turbines...

Millstone thefts in Sussex

Author: Sussex Miller These thieves stole five millstones from one Sussex Windmill. It would appear that they are using a...

Sack scales

Author: David Friend for Oldland Mill Trust Oldland Windmill of Keymer Sussex, rebuilt to working order, now wishes to make...

Mills Archive new accessions

Each year we shall be providing the National Archives with a list of material that we have received. The latest...

Researching watermill in East Leake

Author: Paul Cooper I am working on a project with my ten-year-old adopted granddaughter to discover the origins of a...

Urgent alert – threat to Croydon Archives

Archives for London reports that, “Once again the Croydon Archives are under threat from closure”, and “The Consultation closes at...

Dampness through windmill walls

Author: Matt and Claire Lakin We live in a 1768 brick windmill and spent last year lime re-repointing outside and...

Fancy painting a mill?

Here might be a good place to start. William Hill has pointed out that there are 1780 mill paintings only...

Another mystery mill

Author: Sheila Viner and Mick Edgeworth This photo is another one in the series of framed but untitled pictures of...

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