- RHSC-04-029
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- 1604
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Hayward's map showing location of mill.
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Part of Richard Hills Collection
Hayward's map showing location of mill.
"Brueghel - view of a post mill"
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Hills, Richard Leslie (1936-2019), historian and clergyman
"Aldersea's Engine for raising water; London Bridge Water Works"
Taylor, Isaac (1730-1807), engraver
Waterwheel and cistern on the Blair Drummond Estate
Water raising showing cast iron waterwheel at Blair Drummond.
Roffe, engraver
Photo of a 1710 map of Clerkenwell, London showing a windmill at the New River Pool
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
"From Crace [?]. A later edition of Morgan's Map c 1710".
Unknown photographer
Detail from an oil painting, post mill, Richmond
Part of Kenneth G Farries Collection
Farries, Kenneth G, author
Head stone, Wyverton, Nr Blakeney
Headstone of Thomas Smith, Millwright, died April 16th 1725 aged 82. May have been the miller at Blakeney.
Ashley, Hallam (1900-1987), photographer
Treble Mill, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Part of Martin Watts Collection
The treble mill enabled a single waterwheel to drive two pairs of stones through an additional set of gears off the pitwheel. Treble Mill, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Drawing by H Beighton, Desaguliers, 1744.
Watts, Martin, miller and millwright
"The Windmill fixed on Newgate to work the Ventilators erected there April 17: 1752"
Gentleman's Magazine, The
Part of Small Donations
Depicting the wind-powered saw mill constructed by Charles Dingley at Limehouse in 1767. It was opposed by local sawyers who believed it was undercutting their work and it was badly damaged by rioters on 10 May 1768. A copy of article "Charles DIngley, projector, and his Limehouse sawmill" by John H Appleby also included.
The Oxford Magazine
Piccott's End Mill, Hemel Hempstead
Part of E M Gardner Collection
The twenty eighth image is a photocopy of an illustration of a watermill which is simply identified as being "A Watermill near Hemel Hempstead. Hartfordshire (Hertfordshire)." However, it is most likely that this is Piccott's End Mill. There is no date of production recorded.
Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)
Wheel gearing for Mr Williams at Waltham Abbey
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
Part of Roy Gregory Collection
Drawing of Humber Bank Mill with the town and church in the background.
Part of E M Gardner Collection
The twenty ninth image features the watermill of Lewisham in Kent. This item is a photocopy of an illustration of the mill produced in the late eighteenth century. Interestingly, the item has a caption on the left hand corner of the bottom of the sketch reading "A View of the Water Mill near Lewisham in Kent" while on the right hand corner this information is reproduced in French "Viie du Moulin a leau, aupres du Lewisham en Kent". The sketch was printed by "Carington Bowles, Map and Printseller No. 69 in St Paul's Church Yard, London." and published on 1 October 1770.
Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)
"Design for fettering Mr Drinkwater's Cotton Mill"
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
Signed by Smeaton but date missing from the original.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
"Plan for the Rolling Mill upon the Cocquet"
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
In 1775 speculators built a rolling mill on the Cocquet in Northumberland with a dam built by Smeaton. This became the Acklington Tin Works and was in production until 1884.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
Design for Mr Walton's double stack of Powder Mills at Waltham Abbey
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
See also SPAB-GPN-E-006 for a lantern slide of the same drawing.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
Design for the Water Wheels for the Rolling Mill upon the Cocquet
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
See also ASHL-25-009.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
Design for a Coal-Drawing Engine at Griff
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
The Griff Collieries in North Warwickshire were formed by connecting a number of small collieries along the Griff arm of the Coventry Canal.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
"Design for the small movements for the Shipley's Oil Mill at Carshalton"
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
Location believed to be Carshalton.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer