2012

TL2871 : Houghton Mill - Meal Floor

taken 12 years ago, near to Houghton, Cambridgeshire, England

Houghton Mill - Meal Floor
Houghton Mill - Meal Floor
A huge pitwheel with double alternating sets of wooden teeth. Note the black spout to the top right for the millers to talk to each other. A speed indicating governor is also to the right.
Houghton Mill - NT

Houghton Mill is a very large watermill, at its peak running 10 stones at one tonne of flour an hour.
It is a 17th C building, enlarged in the 19th C. Alterations can be seen easily throughout the building. There were three wheels, two on the southern side (gone) and a restored smaller one on the northern side. Inside is a well preserved, well presented National Trust property with considerations for the photographer.
In the late 1990s the northern side was restored and recommissioned, flour is ground on Sundays only due to water permits. However a hydro-turbine is being fitted and a new set of stones to grind in the week. In the 1930s Houghton was sold to the locals who donated it to the NT, who leased it to the Youth Hostel association from 1934 to 1982. Now it's a popular spot for all.


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TL2871, 238 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Ashley Dace   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 19 August, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 20 August, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 2815 7198 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:19.8571N 0:7.2476W
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