Break and Reduction Rollers at Jordans Mill
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Break and Reduction Rollers at Jordans Mill
Image: © John M Taken: 12 May 2013
A bank of four rollers is used in sequence to break and reduce the grain initially to grist and then to finer grains. The husk, bran and wheatgerm is removed and the flour passes through sifters to achieve the desired consistency. The flour may pass several times through the rollers. The wooden vertical tubes contain elevators to lift the flour to the upper floors, diagonal tubes are used to move flour by gravity. The tollers date from the 1920s.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.072512
Longitude
-0.27218