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Day off so what better way to spend the day than a visit to the Gun power Mills in Chilworth surrey.
Little bit of history:-
The mills were first set up in 1629 and were in use right up until 1920 when I`m guessing Gun power went out of fashion.
Raw materials were brought in by barge but there is also an 1888 Tramway linking the site.and then mixed and milled to produce fine black power.
The site is listed and so are the buildings, its open to Joe public as there are paths running through the site.
There is an information board that tells you what you are looking at, there is also a magazine that is marked as "Inaccessible" Well I`m a member of Derelict places so that dosen`t mean anything, there`s more to this place than you think if you know where to look and get off the path.
Picture you say...
OK
First off is this WW2 road block (I`m guessing it`s here because of the river and canal crossing)
OK lets get old school, these are the big buildings that are left, they are the Charcoal mill and the incorporating mill.
The site is criss crossed with water ways, I`m guessing that Gun power like other industrial explosive processes needs lots of water, it was also used for the transport of raw and finish product.
This is a Tramway swing bridge that dates to 1888
Old Tramway rail still to be found near by
On the other side of Tilling Bourne (that`s the river) are the gun power magazines, these are earth banked types.
But there is one that is inaccessible and it`s built of concrete and has a dogleg blast entranceway.
As you walk around there are mill stones all over the place, diden`t get a good shot of these.
Well thats about it, but for one last find and it`s not listed on the information board and it`s a ball ake to get too but hell thats what we do right.
I`m thinking this is a WW1 pillbox due to it being round, but could be very wrong.
Well there you go, there are a few more pictures on my FlickR page so if you want more of the same head on over to :-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newage2/albums/72157655328623573
All comments are most welcome so thanks for looking.
Cheers Newage
Day off so what better way to spend the day than a visit to the Gun power Mills in Chilworth surrey.
Little bit of history:-
The mills were first set up in 1629 and were in use right up until 1920 when I`m guessing Gun power went out of fashion.
Raw materials were brought in by barge but there is also an 1888 Tramway linking the site.and then mixed and milled to produce fine black power.
The site is listed and so are the buildings, its open to Joe public as there are paths running through the site.
There is an information board that tells you what you are looking at, there is also a magazine that is marked as "Inaccessible" Well I`m a member of Derelict places so that dosen`t mean anything, there`s more to this place than you think if you know where to look and get off the path.
Picture you say...
OK
First off is this WW2 road block (I`m guessing it`s here because of the river and canal crossing)
OK lets get old school, these are the big buildings that are left, they are the Charcoal mill and the incorporating mill.
The site is criss crossed with water ways, I`m guessing that Gun power like other industrial explosive processes needs lots of water, it was also used for the transport of raw and finish product.
This is a Tramway swing bridge that dates to 1888
Old Tramway rail still to be found near by
On the other side of Tilling Bourne (that`s the river) are the gun power magazines, these are earth banked types.
But there is one that is inaccessible and it`s built of concrete and has a dogleg blast entranceway.
As you walk around there are mill stones all over the place, diden`t get a good shot of these.
Well thats about it, but for one last find and it`s not listed on the information board and it`s a ball ake to get too but hell thats what we do right.
I`m thinking this is a WW1 pillbox due to it being round, but could be very wrong.
Well there you go, there are a few more pictures on my FlickR page so if you want more of the same head on over to :-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newage2/albums/72157655328623573
All comments are most welcome so thanks for looking.
Cheers Newage