14th June 1989 with another distant pump extreme left
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Freethorpe Stone's drainage pump Fleet Dyke |
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14th June 1989 with another distant pump extreme left
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Freethorpe Stone's Mill was a medium sized four storey mill that was built beside Fleet Dyke and was also known as Kerry's Mill. The mill had a red brick tarred tower used a scoop wheel to move the water up into the dyke. |
When Arthur Smith visited the site in 1989, he noted that the tower had a slight lean and was open to the elements without a cap. The windshaft minus its canister remained in situ as did some machinery but without the upright shaft. Some parts of the scoop wheel were also still in place. |
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Stone's mill lower centre O. S. Map 1884 Courtesy of NLS map images |
O.S. map 1884: Draining Pump O.S. map 1904: Draining Pump O.S. map 1926: Draining Pump 1989: Tower remaining with a lean and still containing some machinery 2019: Tower remaining with a lean and still containing some machinery |
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