"Remains of the portable engine and outbuildings at the site of the tower mill, Haddenham, Bucks"
- VENN-IMG-01-250
- Item
- June 1935
Part of James Venn Collection
Freese, Stanley (1902-1972), town planner and artist
"Remains of the portable engine and outbuildings at the site of the tower mill, Haddenham, Bucks"
Part of James Venn Collection
Freese, Stanley (1902-1972), town planner and artist
"Remains of the portable engine and outbuildings at the site of the tower mill, Haddenham, Bucks"
Part of James Venn Collection
Note on envelope reads "these remains and the adjoining road were obliterated when the airfield was constructed, c 1939-40".
Freese, Stanley (1902-1972), town planner and artist
"Remains of the portable engine used at the tower mill, Haddenham, Bucks"
Part of James Venn Collection
Freese, Stanley (1902-1972), town planner and artist
View of Union Mill (2 of 2 photos)
Union Mill with boiler house and chimney. It appears in good condition and working by wind with shutters closed (2 of 2 photos).
Unknown photographer
Union Mill, showing chimney of steam plant of 1863 and wide stage
Shows the Chimney of the steam plant (1863) and wide stage (removed 1880).
Unknown photographer
Union Mill, showing wide stage which was replaced in 1880
Photo also shows fantail of 1844, and there is no evidence of the steam engine (1863).
Unknown photographer
"Ebenezer Samuel Russell (1829 -1883)"
Text references Helen Wilson and letters of John Russell (1888-1958).
Tremenheere, Wynn (1923-2015), chairman of Cranbrook Windmill Association
"Old Bess" Watt's 'Returning Engine' at Soho
Part of SPAB Mills Section Collection
Henry Havercroft with Ruston and Hornsby steam engine, Corby Glen
Part of Small Donations
Henry Havercroft (baptised 1840, died 1908) was a retired policeman who became miller at Corby Glen mill.
Unknown photographer
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Part of Richard Hills Collection
"Tower Bridge - Shafts & Brake drum"
Part of Richard Hills Collection
Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London built between 1886 and 1894. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London.
When it was built, Tower Bridge was the largest and most sophisticated bascule bridge ever completed. These bascules were operated by hydraulics, using steam to power the enormous pumping engines. The energy created was stored in six accumulators, as soon as power was required to lift the Bridge, it was always readily available. The accumulators fed the driving engines, which drove the bascules up and down. Despite the complexity of the system, the bascules only took about a minute to raise to their maximum angle of 86 degrees.