The Tide Mill Thorrington
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The Tide Mill Thorrington
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 29 Aug 2009
Thorrington Tide mill is a Pre-Victorian Tide Mill on a much earlier site. It has been in preservation by Essex County council since 1972. It last worked by water in 1927 when a steam engine was installed, this drove only one of the three sets of grind- stones. However it saved having to wait for the correct tide. The mill-pond is no longer tidal. It is hoped that one day the water wheel Image will turn again as a conventional breast shot watermill. For a little more info see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorrington
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Image Location
Latitude
51.834732
Longitude
1.021053