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Water mills

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  • A mill in Northern Ireland in which flax is processed to make linen: (right) the flax is broken between rotating rollers, then (left) scutched by blades on a rotating wheel; a woman with a child carries away bundles of flax. Coloured stipple engraving by W. Hincks, 1791.
  • Carpentry: a water-mill, used for pulling boats through a lock [?]. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • Carpentry: a water-driven saw-mill, short section and plan of the water-wheel mechanism. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • A young man working in a watermill holds a large flat basket of bran and gazes adoringly at a young woman as she measures out bran into a drum. Lithograph after Jules David.
  • Carpentry: a water-driven saw-mill, long section and plan. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
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    A wind-operated mill (top), and the same mill water-operated (below). Coloured aquatint by V. Raineri.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 45431i
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    Schuylkill Water Works, Philadelphia: panoramic view with the river. Coloured engraving by J.C. Armytage after W.H. Bartlett.

    Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854. | Reference: 22246i
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    A young man working in a watermill holds a large flat basket of bran and gazes adoringly at a young woman as she measures out bran into a drum. Lithograph after Jules David.

    David, Jules, 1808-1892. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 29618i
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    Carpentry: a water-mill, mounted on a barge. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Reference: 41086i
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    Carpentry: a water-mill, mounted on a barge. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Reference: 41087i
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