Tagged With "Mill"
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Re: The Old Stone Mill - Where Gumbo Was #124
Thanks for the great pictures. Wish I could see the exhibition..and the mill. Guessed this one by digging into history.
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Re: The Old Stone Mill - Where Gumbo Was #124
Awesome and colorful pictures. I do would like to see them in person. Thanks for a great post Jonathan!
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Re: The Old Stone Mill - Where Gumbo Was #124
Just to add a little more...the mill, also known as the Snuff Mill, is the oldest industrial building in New York City...but most of the others in the 20 oldest list predate it by 150 to 200 years. Most are houses in Brooklyn and Queens (one is still a private house after 350 years!) but one is in the Bronx: the 1748 Van Cortlandt Mansion--where George Washington really did sleep. For a link to the fascinating list, click HERE
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 6, 2015: Winchester Cathedral
Wow, a GREAT cathedral. And the quirky video at the end was a nice touch. I always was curiously fascinating by that song, especially the 'bringing me down' line you referred to. Some day I'd like to hear the story of your journey across the Atlantic on the QM2
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Re: Visiting 170-year-old Hanford Mills
Like you, I like driving off the main highways and stopping to look and explore. This was a very cool discover, thanks Jonathan!
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Re: Visiting 170-year-old Hanford Mills
Another hidden gem to add to the list of Americas finest treasures. Enjoyable read too Jonathan !
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Re: Where Gumbo Was #3 and #3.5: Vernon and Paris
Very interesting piece of history Paul. Puts some logic into how this anomaly came to be. I don't think I could sleep with all that water beneath me. Knowing that one day it will fall into the river below !
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Re: Where Gumbo Was #3 and #3.5: Vernon and Paris
Odd thing...these were originally written separately and I only just noticed that both of them involved bridges financed by house-building on them. Might be interesting to see how many we can find where the shops or houses have survived. I can think of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence and the Rialto bridge in Venice, but that's as far as I go...
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Re: Where Gumbo Was #3 and #3.5: Vernon and Paris
Gets to be an interesting subject when explored Medieval London Bridge - from an engraving in Eton College
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Re: Where Gumbo Was #3 and #3.5: Vernon and Paris
This is turning into a rather scholarly discussion. I like that old etching, GarryRF! To the list of old bridges I'd like to add Pulteney Bridge in Bath, England, which I visited some time ago. Don't believe I have a photo of it. There are a number of modern bridges I've seen that have restaurants built into them, usually elevated (you have to take an elevator to get to them) and more for novelty and view than practicality of the entire thing (in the old days, at the Ponte Vecchio in...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, December 20, 2014: Buxton Mill
At a bend in the River Bure, in Norfolk, England, an old mill straddles the water. After a fire in 1991 and several years as a hotel beginning in 1999, the historic building was repurposed in 2005 and divided into several beautiful...
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May 21, 2017: Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California
The place where it all began: Jonathan L takes us to the starting point of the 1849 California Gold Rush
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Home of the Gold Rush: Sutter's Fort and Mill
JonathanL takes us on a dive into California history including how the Gold Rush began and why Sacremento is the capital.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 6, 2015: Winchester Cathedral
A few of us may remember Winchester Cathedral and a catchy tune that propelled a song to #1 on the pop charts. It was the first I’d heard of the place and the words that followed were, “You’re bringing me...
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The Old Stone Mill - Where Gumbo Was #124
Congratulations to Historydigger for correctly guessing that Gumbo was visiting The Old Stone Mill at the New Your Botanical Garden in The Bronx, New York. Built in 1840 The Old Stone Mill at the NY Botanical Gardens is one of the oldest...
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Mining Rust: Joshua Tree National Park
The old Wall Street Mill mine in Joshua Tree National Park is long closed, but some old trucks remind us of the small community that once lived here.
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Visiting 170-year-old Hanford Mills
An opportune moment, an intriguing road sign, and Jonathan L finds himself in a museum that's also an operating mill with a fascinating history.
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January 13, 2017: Grinton Smelt Mill, Yorkshire Dales National Park
Ian Cooks shares some stunning monochrome images of Grinton How Mill, the best preserved Smelt Mill in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
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July 22, 2016: Mill City Museum, Minneapolis
At the former Washburn A Mill in Minneapolis, now the Mill City Museum, reminders of the industrial past are everywhere, and explained.
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Where Gumbo Was #3 and #3.5: Vernon and Paris
The Old Mill is a survivor. Built onto a bridge to save money, it still stands, but the bridge is gone. Not only the one it first stood on, but several of its replacements. The first stone bridge, replacing a wooden one, was built in the early...
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August 30, 2018: Old Sugar Mill, Kauai
DrFumblefinger visits the ruins of an old sugar cane plant on the garden island of Kauai.
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, December 20, 2014: Buxton Mill
At first glance of those buildings I thought you were in farming country in the North East States. Lancaster PA or Maryland. I enjoy comparing US architecture with its old world origins. Buildings in East Anglia (UK) have a likeness to Dutch and German buildings. Which is just across the North Sea.
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, December 20, 2014: Buxton Mill
It's also fun and interesting to read an area's industrial history from its buildings. The projection above the windows, easily matched elsewhere, is the clue to large-scale milling—a way to lift sizable loads to the top to allow gravity to play a role in processing. As Garry points out, there are similarities to buildings used for similar purpose everywhere!
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, December 20, 2014: Buxton Mill
Milling used wind power where I live in Liverpool UK. This example about 2 miles away lost its sails 100 years ago when electricity was the new marvel ! CROSBY WINDMILL
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Odell Brewing Company, Fort Collins, Colorado
Samantha, her husband, and niece had a great time on their tour of Odell's Brewing Company on her birthday. The tour, and one sample, are free!
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Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark, Alaska
Gumbo was visiting the very interesting and remote Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark, adjoining Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska.
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Re: Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark, Alaska
Are you sure that was black bear scat? Grizzlies are the more common bears in the area....
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Re: Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark, Alaska
I walked the first visit, up the footpath through the woods from McCarthy accompanied by the frisson of fresh black bear scat. I took the road on subsequent trips !
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Timber Mill, Deer Lodge, Montana
One of many lumber mills in the forests of the northwestern United States, this one near Deer Lodge, Montana.