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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… all of which have water-wheels for propelling the machinery; and in summer, a powerful steam-engine until … are mills for boring cylinders and pipes, of which the machinery is almost unrivalled, and the various reservoirs … condition. The buildings are spacious, and replete with machinery of every kind; two water-wheels, each fifty feet in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… extension being dated 1888. It was equipped with steam machinery to augment the water power. In 1962 the site was …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… less than a quarter of the son's output. 25 Woollen machinery was shown at an inn in South Cary in 1773. 26 … work but following the restrictions on child labour more machinery was installed including a mechanical picker. Hair … which in 2001 included a small printing firm. New machinery and electric power were installed from the 1950s …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… was converted into a restaurant in 1967, but some of the machinery remains. 62 The building consists of an …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… in the last few decades under the impact of the efficient machinery of modern arable farming. Large blocks of fields …
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A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… cereal production, sometimes using steam ploughs and other machinery, although sheep were probably still folded. 15 … 1990s new owners extended the house and restored the mill machinery 22 SOCIAL HISTORY SOCIAL CHARACTER AND THE LIFE OF …
A History of the County of Essex
… throughout the century as farms were consolidated and machinery, some of it probably hired from a business at Bots …
A History of the County of Somerset
… wheel at Swang may have been used for milling or driving machinery, possibly at the same period. 28 V.C.H. Som. i. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… arable to pasture in the same year. 72 The introduction of machinery caused disturbances in 1822. 73 Attempts to provide … because the water supply could not be maintained and the machinery was sold in 1836. 74 In the 1830s the pasture on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at an expense of nearly 57,000, and worked with powerful machinery propelled by steam. To the north of the mills is a … timber, having been floated from the river, is raised by machinery with extraordinary velocity. Connected with the …