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Osmaston Saw Mill

The valley of Shirley Brook was dammed to power mills, of which the most spectacular is this saw mill, powered a waterwheel on the other side of the building (See SK2042 : Osmaston Saw Mill).The mill is a rather eccentric alpine style building constructed in 1845 for the owners of Osmaston Hall in whose grounds the mill lies.

In this view a saw table can be seen under the eves to the left, along with the wheel with a shaft sloping down to the right to control the speed of the mill. A pair of rails is just visible in the concrete on which trucks would carry timber as it was fed on to the saw table.