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    Default Calder Bank Mill, W. Yorkshire 04/11

    Well myself and Mr Beady tried to hit the Brighouse swimming pool but too many peeps about and getting watched by the coach company reet next door didn't help Plan 'B'.....time to hit an old mill I've known about for years !
    Most of this mill has now been converted but lucky some of the mill has not been touched, after bartering 3 goats and a ferret a business backing onto this site let us through his land and over the wall to our quarry wooot !

    I have no info on this mill as yet (hope to update later) but we did find a nice old piece of kit !











    Part of the roof collapsed onto the compressor.











    a reet nice find !.













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    Default Re: Old mill with a nice find...april 2011

    nice little place that, will put mine up soon
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    Default Re: Old mill with a nice find...april 2011

    Woah, that looks like a more modern style of beam engine, deffo what was used to power the mill via line shafting.

    That's a nice find mate.
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    Default Re: Old mill with a nice find...april 2011

    This the mill we spotted from the bridge that time mate ?
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    Default Re: Old mill with a nice find...april 2011

    Interesting, doesn't look like a steam engine, and the flywheels are very small - maybe a stationary gas engine? I'm intrigued by all the pipes attached to it as well, must be some kind of pump for something or other.

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    Default Re: Old mill with a nice find...april 2011

    reet its not a pump, the wheels were about 4 1/2 foot diameter there was a geni on it (so it's for making electwickewy) there is a big cylinder connected via the pipework, looking more close the Y pipe at the top had some form of filters attached to them as we found 2 monster filters on the floor which makes me think is also had a air compressor on as well !,the 'n' shaped pipe is some form of early water trap, strange but good contraption.....
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