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Joseph Thompson RIP

A former owner of Skidby Windmill has died. Joseph Thompson, 94, was descended from the Thompson family who had run Skidby Mill since the 19th

“Diek” Medendorp RIP

William Hill has highlighted a report in Holland Sentinel that Jan Diederik “Diek” Medendorp died on 4 January 2011 aged 89 Diek was the Dutch

Mill Spies Stole Secrets

OK, it was in the early 19th century, but this fascinating story of early industrial espionage is worth reading! Derek Ogden and Gerald Bost explain

Rope as brake construction

Author: Ruurd-Jakob Nauta All the windmills in The Netherlands have a brake made out of wood or iron. My own windmill has a brake out

Tide Mill Institute 2010 Conference

HERITAGE AND SUSTAINABILITY – The 6th Annual Tide Mill Conference – November 12 and 13, 2010, Massachusetts, USA The Tide Mill Institute is pleased to

British Millwrights down under

Author: Jonathan Cook As you may be aware, Neil Medcalf is making excellent progress in Tasmania rebuilding Callington Mill. The link below shows the sails

Loix Tide Mill threatened with being demolished

Author: Cláudia Silveira and others Portuguese and French mill people are hoping to raise international concern about the proposed destruction of the only tide mill

Heage gets a lady miller (though they seem to have forgotten Mildred Cookson…) and a US lady miller is also featured. Belper news http://www.belpernews.co.uk/news/Heage-Windmill-gets-a-lady.5727825.jpexaggerates Heage’s claim

Tide Mill Institute Conference 2009

Author: Earl Taylor The Tide Mill Conference for 2009 is scheduled for Friday, Saturday November 6-7, 2009. The venue will be the Dorchester Historical Society’s

Snuff Mills

Nice stuff on 2 Dutch snuff mills. The image is of a millstone used for milling spices, at De Ster snuff and spice mill in

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