North Mill in foreground with Cadge's Mill behind
June 1974
June 1974
Reedham North drainage pump River Yare |
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North Mill in foreground with Cadge's Mill behind June 1974 |
North mill was was a small 3 storey mill, originally built as one of an open group of three mills, along with Cadge's_Mill and Polkey's_Mill to drain water from Reedham marshes up into the River Yare.
It was the first of the three mill to cease working and had stopped before 1904.
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North Mill in foreground with Polkey's Mill behind June 1989 |
In 1881, the landowner John Rose commissioned Richard Barnes to build Reedham Marsh Steam Engine House where as single cylinder horizontal coal fired steam engine drove a turbine when there was insufficient wind for the mills.
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3rd June 2023 |
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O. S. Map 1904 North mill - green; Polkey's mill - red; Cadge's mill - blue Courtesy of NLS map images |
c.1880: Mill built 1880: Steam engine installed to provide drainage in times of insufficiant wind O.S. map 1904: Windpump (disused) c.1965: Steam engine sold for scrap 1989: Remains of tower lying derelict |
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