singletonsmill

9 photos tagged singletonsmill, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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beachcomber australia said:
Fantastic series of photos of the old mill.
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Agreed! Beautiful photographs.
marhleet said:
much more likely to be a tad SW of the current, across the small creek, rather than the HUGE river
Jim Mason said:
Singletons Mill was across Layburys Creek at Gunderman.
Ian Wright said:
This is the derelict mill of James Singleton (1777-1849) which was demolished in the early 1900s after milling declined from 1870. Being on a tidal river it required a slightly different method in powering the 5M diameter water wheel than the usual water rushing past the wheel through a diversion channel or 'race'. A dam was filled by the rising tide, the inlet valve was closed at high water & on the falling tide the stored water was released through the mill race to turn the wheel.

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beachcomber australia said:
Bar Island on the Hawkesbury? St Johns Church was also the school. GoogleMapsSatellite (we are looking south from the mainland) - maps.google.com.au/maps?ll=-33.52612,151.154537&spn=0... Bar Island Flickr set - www.flickr.com/photos/lightcliff/sets/72157604098560742/
beachcomber australia said:
Bar Island Plan of management, including history of the church, school and burial ground - www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/media/documents/about-council/corp...
beachcomber australia said:
Another contemporary photo of Bar Island (NB layout of buildings, and click through to large size) - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=413757#
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Thanks for the links beachcomber, it definitely looks a lot like Bar Island. Great research once again!
Christine Lewis said:
This is definitely Bar Island. My family lived there during the 1800s, I know the location very very well.

Ian Wright said:
This is the derelict mill of James Singleton (1777-1849) which was demolished in the early 1900s after milling declined from 1870. Being on a tidal river it required a slightly different method in powering the 5M diameter water wheel than the usual water rushing past the wheel through a diversion channel or 'race'. A dam was filled by the rising tide, the inlet valve was closed at high water & on the falling tide the stored water was released through the mill race to turn the wheel.