"Aldersea's Engine for raising water; London Bridge Water Works"
- MCFC-ENG-082
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- 18th century
Taylor, Isaac (1730-1807), engraver
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"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
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
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
A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.
A penstock is a type of sluice often used at mill sites to control the flow of water through the mill wheel.
Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer
Scrapbook of etchings and photographs
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Scrapbook of etchings of mills in England and Europe from encyclopedias and books, including pages from "The Illustrated Exhibitor and Magazine of Art". Two photographs by the Folkestone Herald and Gazette of Horn Street Mill being demolished. Stephen Buckland's scrapbook number 55.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Watermills of England and The Netherlands
Part of E M Gardner Collection
This Sub - Series is comprised of 28 photographs of a wide range of watermills situated in England and the Netherlands.
Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)
Scrapbook of cuttings, etchings, postcards and drawings
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Scrapbook of newspaper and magazine cuttings, etchings, postcards and photographs on mills, as well as original drawings by Stephen Buckland. Stephen Buckland's scrapbook number 57. The items in this scrapbook have lost their adhesive to the pages and are loose.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Scrapbook of cuttings, etchings, postcards and photographs
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Scrapbook of newspaper and magazine cuttings, etchings, postcards and photographs on mills. Includes a Cross-in-Hand flour sack. Stephen Buckland's scrapbook number 58. The items in this scrapbook have lost their adhesive to the pages and are loose.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
1st Elevation of the Water Engine at London Bridge
Published by G Kearsley 1 August 1809. One of many in the file (only 5 examples scanned)
2nd Elevation of the Water Engine at London Bridge
Published by G Kearsley 1 October 1809. One of many in the file (only 5 examples scanned)
"Water Works. Machine for raising Water at London Bridge"
This waterwheel drove pumping machinery.
Farey, John (1791-1851), mechanical engineering, consulting engineer, patent agent and illustrator
"Most authentic portion of Arkwright's Mill"
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Photograph n the Tate Britain collection of Ford Madox Brown's sketch of Arkwright's Mill showing the overshot waterwheel. Presumably this is the Cromford Mills.
Tate Britain
Old London Bridge from Southwark
Extract from "The Mirror" 26 May 1827 One of many in the file (only 5 examples scanned)
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Report on Dorset watermills, 1974; Denis Sanders' notes on Dorset watermills; Copy of the geneal specification for the construction of Owermoigne Mill, 1850; list of overshot waterwheels in Dorset.
Francis Frith and Co
Part of E M Gardner Collection
This Sub - Series is comprised of 20 photographs of watermills situated in the county of Hertfordshire as well as containing 2 printed reproductions of 2 paintings. It used to hold a postcard which has now been moved to the new postcard collection.
Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)
Chambers, Albert Dovey (1865-1949), photographer
Chambers, Albert Dovey (1865-1949), photographer
This copy of the postcard bears a 1/2d stamp. The postage rate for postcards rose to 1d in 1918, so the image presumably does not date from later than that year.
Unknown publisher