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Transfer of Windmill or Watermill Technology

May 30 2009 by Torben Jenk (USA) (1620 views)
Research & Mills outside the UK & Watermills & Windmills | 1 comment

What evidence is there for transatlantic technology transfer as far as mill construction is concerned?

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I live near the former sites of Masters' Tide Mill (ca. 1718), and Koster's Wind-Mill and Boulting Mill (ca. 1750), both along the Delaware River in Philadelphia. I am particularly interested in learning about the likely technology used in those mills, suspecting that they might have been ordered and delivered "ready framed" from England.

Any suggestions welcome!

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Fri, October 22, 2010

Torben Jenk,
One early mill is known to have been delivered “ready framed” but it may well have been unique. A colonist who travelled with Penn in 1682 later wrote, “I set up a mill on Chester Creek which I brought ready framed fro London, which served for grinding corn and sawing of boards, and was of great use to us.”
Other early colonists are know to have built mills using millstones and ironwork sent out from England or Wales.
For details of the sources and a much wider discussion of the subject, see “Early American Mills and the Transfer of Technologu”, in the Transactions 11th International Symposium of TIMS.
It deals only with watermills in Pennsulvania, Delaware and northern Virginia.
Best Wishes,
David H Jones.



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