Hi brings back memories my father worked in a flour mill in London UK, long time gone sad to say, the elevators shown carried workers and was called in England a Man Hoist, note the handle which they would hold onto. Bags would go down shoots. Hope this helps, good but sad video
Reminds me of a similar story here. A friend of mine restored a water mill to working order and opened it as a museum. 10 miles away in a neighbouring town there was a unique mill that had lain in disuse for many years. The mill was unique in that it had a water turbine instead of a wheel and the 5 pairs of grinding stones were all in a line over a main shaft. We were going to preserve the machinery but were prevented by a local preservation group who did nothing. Everything was lost in the end.
That is just sad. Its a prime example of our money collapsing to the point where scrap metal is worth more than our currency, and of a lack of Christian decency and respect for property.
Was the engine at least restored?. Or was it scrapped as well?. Seems like such a shame to let a place like that go to waste. Its amazing how people have no respect for history.
@workensmart A collector did get the engine but I haven't heard if he has it running yet or not. The fellow who bought the engine had to leave a few pieces behind and I guess they were grabbed before he made it back. Such a shame.
@steamer123 I thought so. It looked like you can see the huge intake or exhaust ports from the video. I was going to say it was a gas engine but I guess those are the glow plugs on top of the cylinders right?.
@workensmart Not real sure but I believe the injectors are mounted in the top of the cylinders. I don't think it has glow plugs but perhaps what they call hot bulbs that you heat with a torch.
@805ROADKING Yea that place would have been cool to see in operation. There were a few old wooden pieces of equipment in there that had some nice pinstripping on them but I forgot to get photos of them. :-( The roof had some badspots in it and the rain had rotted alot of the wooden floor on the top 3 floors, We had to watch were we stepped most of the time.
2/3/12 where is this mill and is it still standing?? Would love the bearing jurnals and shafting!!
smith88331 3 weeks ago
@smith88331 its supposed to be demolished by now... and there is not much left
pcblah 2 days ago
Hi brings back memories my father worked in a flour mill in London UK, long time gone sad to say, the elevators shown carried workers and was called in England a Man Hoist, note the handle which they would hold onto. Bags would go down shoots. Hope this helps, good but sad video
migette1 1 month ago
Reminds me of a similar story here. A friend of mine restored a water mill to working order and opened it as a museum. 10 miles away in a neighbouring town there was a unique mill that had lain in disuse for many years. The mill was unique in that it had a water turbine instead of a wheel and the 5 pairs of grinding stones were all in a line over a main shaft. We were going to preserve the machinery but were prevented by a local preservation group who did nothing. Everything was lost in the end.
simov8chevy 1 month ago
@simov8chevy What a shame. So sorry to hear that!
steamer123 1 month ago
That is just sad. Its a prime example of our money collapsing to the point where scrap metal is worth more than our currency, and of a lack of Christian decency and respect for property.
userunavailable3095 1 month ago
God they stripped all the windings out of thay big dynamo.......... animals.......
SmallEngineMechanic 2 months ago
@SmallEngineMechanic yep
steamer123 2 months ago
Did u get some of the line shaft that was left
biggdaddy2001 2 months ago
@biggdaddy2001 I didn't get any lineshafts. All the ones that were left were hanging from the ceilings and way to big for us to try to get down.
steamer123 2 months ago
Was the engine at least restored?. Or was it scrapped as well?. Seems like such a shame to let a place like that go to waste. Its amazing how people have no respect for history.
workensmart 2 months ago 2
@workensmart A collector did get the engine but I haven't heard if he has it running yet or not. The fellow who bought the engine had to leave a few pieces behind and I guess they were grabbed before he made it back. Such a shame.
steamer123 2 months ago
@steamer123 Was it a 2 stroke? It looked like it was from the pictures.
workensmart 2 months ago
@workensmart yes it was a 2 stroke 3 cylinder diesel. Not sure of the hp perhaps 150 to 200 hp???
steamer123 2 months ago
@steamer123 I thought so. It looked like you can see the huge intake or exhaust ports from the video. I was going to say it was a gas engine but I guess those are the glow plugs on top of the cylinders right?.
workensmart 2 months ago
@workensmart Not real sure but I believe the injectors are mounted in the top of the cylinders. I don't think it has glow plugs but perhaps what they call hot bulbs that you heat with a torch.
steamer123 2 months ago
@steamer123 Oh okay.
workensmart 2 months ago
Looks like it was a pretty cool place at one time!! To bad you were unable to get to the pulleys sooner!!☺
805ROADKING 2 months ago
@805ROADKING Yea that place would have been cool to see in operation. There were a few old wooden pieces of equipment in there that had some nice pinstripping on them but I forgot to get photos of them. :-( The roof had some badspots in it and the rain had rotted alot of the wooden floor on the top 3 floors, We had to watch were we stepped most of the time.
Yea I wish I could have got to them sooner also.
steamer123 2 months ago