100 year old Flower Mill

Got a tour of a old mill. The current owner said it is over 100 years old and last ran in the 1960's. The old engine was removed in 2010 and sense then people had been going in and grabing everything they could for scrap money. I was hoping to find some small pulleys and lineshaft s but all the smaller items were smashed or gone. The building is set to be demolished soon and all the remaining pulleys and shafting will be scraped by the owner.

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[simov8chevy]

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.

[steamer123]

@simov8chevy What a shame. So sorry to hear that!

[SmallEngineMechanic]

God they stripped all the windings out of thay big dynamo.......... animals.......

[steamer123]

@SmallEngineMechanic yep

[biggdaddy2001]

Did u get some of the line shaft that was left

[steamer123]

@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.

[pcblah]

@smith88331 its supposed to be demolished by now... and there is not much left

[smith88331]

2/3/12 where is this mill and is it still standing?? Would love the bearing jurnals and shafting!!

[migette1]

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

[userunavailable3095]

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.