Milling Collection

The First Windmill at Jerusalem, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The First Windmill at Jerusalem, 1858. Sir Moses Montefiore has caused to be erected at the foot of Mount Zion...a windmill for the use of the poorer inhabitants of Jerusalem

'La preparation du riz aux Philippines; Les Terres Du Pacifique, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'La preparation du riz aux Philippines; Les Terres Du Pacifique, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

El Kantara March 17, 1886", Algeria, 1886. Creator: Fritz von Dardel
El Kantara March 17, 1886", Algeria, 1886. Some men draw water for their horses

Rural Sports, A Milling Match, September 29, 1811. September 29, 1811
Rural Sports, A Milling Match, September 29, 1811

Mills on Blackstone River, 1872. Creator: William Hamilton Gibson
Mills on Blackstone River, 1872. Industrial buildings in Rhode Island, USA. The first successful water-powered cotton mill in America was opened at Pawtucket Falls in 1790

Scenes on the Wissahickon, 1874. Creator: John J. Harley
Scenes on the Wissahickon, 1874. Mouth of the Wissahickon, Old Log Cabin - Bridge...Falls, Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

A Galilean Flour Mill, late 19th-early 20th century, (1922). Creator: William Brassey Hole
A Galilean Flour Mill, late 19th-early 20th century, (1922). Scene inside a middle eastern mill driven by horses. From " Bibbys Annual 1922", edited by Joseph Bibby. [J

A Smock Windmill in Stuart Days, c1934. Illustration showing a windmill in the Stuart period (1603-1714). The accompanying text describes how only the topmost section

Man using a miller and planer, Charlton Central Repair Depot, London, 1932
Man using a miller and planer, Charlton Central Repair Depot, Greenwich, London, 1932. Workshop with men using machinery to make or repair parts for trams

Money making; stamping and milling the disks and weighing the finished coins, 20th century. When the disks have been cut they are marked (top left), that is

Rice mill, Indochina, 19th century. Artist: Robin
Rice mill, Indochina, 19th century

Milling the edges of coins, Royal Mint, London, 1891. A milled edge meant that metal could not be stolen from the edges of gold and silver coins by clipping, so reducing their intrinsic value

Rolling mill and forge powered by hot gases from a furnace, 1629. An idea proposed by Giovanni Branca in Le Machine. (Rome, 1629)

Crushing gold bearing ores in mills similar in principle to flour mills, 1556. At bottom left goats in a treadmill produce horizontal power which is transferred to a mill (A)

Rice Mill, 1813. Blindfolded mules harnessed to a mill grinding rice into flour. From China: Its Costume, Arts and Manufactures by M Breton. (London, 1813)

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