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Description: | 1864 wheel in the hands of Butlers, Wilson and Co.-superstructure washed away in flood, repaired and continued as a grinding wheel. German Wilson changed this wheel into a machine shop, changed by his son, John Wilson, into a corn mill. Mr Robinson, miller in the 1950s, states that it is the only corn mill (on small scale) which is still in operation in the Sheffield area. Condition in the 1950s described as being re-pointed, painted and roof repaired, though part has been demolished. Waterwheel is being kept in condition although electricity is used now. The wheel is soon to be set going, to turn whenever the flow of water is adequate. It is to be floodlit as an attraction as it is thought people will not have seen a waterwheel in action. Grindstones and all equipment still there. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ |
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01 Sheffield Hillsborough |
Rights holder: | S Cooper | Subjects: | Sheffield | Source: | Sheffield Images | Creator: | Picture Sheffield Administrator | Identifier: | http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend... | Go to resource |
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