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This was the second visit of the day and by far the best one of the weekend..
The dye house which is situated just up the road from the main mill is where the wool and worstead went for the finishing..built in 1839 and gradually expanded it became the largest finishing house in the country..the building retains a lot of the original equipment and a lot of it is of a wooden construction...the whole dying system in there looks like it is driven by water.the water being diverted from the nearby river.
So was it worth the trip for these two mills.i certainly think so,tone mills now has a place in my heart and is in my top three UK explores,traditional works with machinery from both sites that are worth a lot of money.it is nice to see the sites virtually untouched too..this explore was right up my street with beautiful colours and light,and nature taking over the machinery.
The dye house which is situated just up the road from the main mill is where the wool and worstead went for the finishing..built in 1839 and gradually expanded it became the largest finishing house in the country..the building retains a lot of the original equipment and a lot of it is of a wooden construction...the whole dying system in there looks like it is driven by water.the water being diverted from the nearby river.
So was it worth the trip for these two mills.i certainly think so,tone mills now has a place in my heart and is in my top three UK explores,traditional works with machinery from both sites that are worth a lot of money.it is nice to see the sites virtually untouched too..this explore was right up my street with beautiful colours and light,and nature taking over the machinery.