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Birchington mills files

Word documents, images and powerpoint presentation on the the windmills of Birchington.

Burgess, Jennie M

Records relating to an intended conversion of Sleepy Mill to residential use

Plans by Nick Joyce, architect , dated 2001. (1) large format drawing no 572-01: survey plan; (2) large format drawing 572-02: survey elevation. (3) A3 size drawing 572-03: proposed lower ground floor plan and elevation; (4) A3 size drawing 572-04: proposed ground floor plan; (5) A3 size drawing 572-05: [proposed] first floor plan and elevations.
Letter 12th June 2007 Nick Joyce Architects to John Bedington; Copy letter 20th July 2007 John Bedington to Nick Joyce; Copy document by John Bedington – Sleepy Mill – Millwrights work.

Bedington, John, mill enthusiast

Correspondence regarding visits to River Antoine Estate

Correspondence between Nicholls and the High Commission for Grenada beginning by referencing a recent meeting concerning the future of the River Antoine Estate which Nicholls feels should be maintained " as an essential part of the history of Grenada. Further, it is a prime example of a water powered sugar mill, unique now in the whole of the Caribbean. It can be compared in importance with the huge Morgan Lewis Sugar Wind Mill in Barbados".
A visit from a television crew (Carlton Televsion) to the estate is arranged (December 1999), the crew extending a visit to film the completion and commissioning of the Morgan Lewis sugar mill. A previous visit by Nicholls to the River Antoine Estate with D.M.Simpson & Co Limited in 1997 is also referenced.
Arrangements are made for a visit to the estate by Cyril McCombe who Nicholls describes as "a consultant to our business in the UK and is a world wide authority on cast iron".

Nicholls, David, (1938 - 2020) millwright

River Antoine Estate - colour photographs

26 colour photographs in a wallet labelled, "Grenada. River Antoine Estate. First visited c.1996. David Nicholls". Images show both the exterior and interior of the distillery, some of which showing the equipment in use.

Nicholls, David, (1938 - 2020) millwright

Project in progress - photographs

6 images of the restoration project in progress (c.1994), 4 of which printed onto standard A4 paper and 2 printed onto A4 photographic paper. The final image (again, printed onto standard A4 paper) is of the aftermath of a storm in 2008, after which the sails were taken down and restored in 2009.

Nicholls, David, (1938 - 2020) millwright

Research materials, photocopies and clippings

Stored with Nicholl's formal reports and correspondence on Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill, these research materials comprise:
(1) a photocopy of a late 18th c. to early 19th c. return listing enslaved persons working on Scawen Kenrick Gibbon's estate, the Morgan Lewis sugar plantation.
(2) a faxed copy of a page from a late 19th c. order book showing an order for "Morgan Lewis, Est Barbados" for two "vertical roll 23 ¼ x 35" in 1880 and 1881 and an order for "Windmill gear" dated 1892.
(3) a short booklet on the Morgan Lewis Sugar Windmill produced by the Barbados National Trust (undated).
(4) 5 editions of "Our Heritage", the Newsletter of the Barbados National Trust (March 1994, September 1995, June 1996, September 1997 and December 1999), all of which referencing the Morgan Lewis restoration programme.
(5) 3 newspaper/magazine clippings/copies relating to the progress of the Morgan Lewis restoration programme (1997-1998).

Nicholls, David, (1938 - 2020) millwright

Technical drawings - various authors

Various technical drawings, sketches and plans from a variety of authors/draftsmen, all of which relating to the Morgan Lewis sugar mills. These comprise:
(1) SGB International's technical drawing for access scaffold (4 September 1997)
(2) Chiltern Partnership's drawing of Greenheart Arms (July 1996)
(3) 2 technical drawings for the Morgan Lewis Boiling House by Guy C. Grant Jr. (7 February 1995) and D.H. Weeks (27 January 1995)
(4) Copies of 2 technical drawings marked "Morgan Lewis, Survey, Elevations" (March 1971) and "Preliminary Factory Layout" (August 1972) both by Roderick Ward Associates
(5) A drawing of a Neck Plate Band by Colin Webster (undated)
(6) 10 of Nicholl's own drawings, plans and sketches for the restoration project, some of which are labelled, "sprattle beam details", "cap frame", "Nancleara [w] shaft", "spindle base", "cast steel", "footstep bearing", "collar detail", "tail tree top", "cap frame/curb details" and "elevation/section at tail beam and tail-pole outline", (those that are dated ranging from January 1994 to 22 January 1997).

Nicholls, David, (1938 - 2020) millwright

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