Drainage mills

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Drainage mills

  • UF Drainage mill

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Drainage mills

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"A historic picture"

Lakenheath Old Lode by the Little Ouse River showing wind, steam and oil pumps standing together.

Reid, Douglas Gavin (1881-1934)

Drawings of Soham Mere Mill

File containing a notebook and loose papers with drawings and plans of the drainage mill at Soham Mere. The notebook is labelled, 'Soham Mere 1947. R.C. Durdin's sketches made for proposed model for Science Museum. Order never placed'. The notebook also contains Wailes' own drawings for Soham Mere Mill dated 2[3] May 1947. The detailed architectural drawing of the mill is labelled 'Draining Mill. Soham Mere, Cambs' and marked 'F.D. Fyson'.

Research notebook - Northamptonshire and Suffolk

A Reporters' Notebook containing:
Northants: notes taken from 'Northants Notes & Queries, New Series, Vol.4, 1912-1920' relating to: a 1609 grant by James 1 of a post mill at Kettering; the history of an unindexed tower mill (located on the site of a former post mill on Rockingham Road, Kettering) which was demolished in 1893; 18th c. maps of Kettering showing the location of various mills and a 19th c. print showing a post mill at Peterborough; also notes about the post mill at Seaton, Rutland which was demolished in 1917 as well as the nearby watermill, Henry Royce being said to have worked at both mills as a boy.
Suffolk: research notes relating to Suffolk windmills including construction dates, operational status in 1926,1939 and 1955 and including the notable features listed in 'Subject access points' below.
Windmill restoration: eight pages of draft narrative rehearsing the demise of wind and watermills since the late 19th c. and extolling the efforts of John Russell to restore and preserve Union Mill, Cranbrook. The narrative rehearses the preservation efforts made by a number of local authorities (counties listed in 'Place access points' below) arguing that it should be essential for such work to be their responsibility.
Windmills still in operation: notes running from back-to-front in the notebook listing, 'How many still in use', which are 'Workable' and 'When used and why'.

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

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