Victoria Corn Mills
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Victoria Corn Mills by Roger W Haworth as part of the Geograph project.
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Victoria Corn Mills
Image: © Roger W Haworth Taken: 19 Feb 2019
Victoria Corn Mills, Long Acre Street, Walsall. The projecting gable is a lucam (or lucarne) https://new.millsarchive.org/glossary/a-z-glossary/?action=show&which=3472 which would have protected the hoist used to raise sacks to the first floor. The doorway on the first floor is to load sacks directly into wagons. There is a weighbridge below it, set where the wagons would have been loaded, a good example of Victorian efficiency. Notice also the rather nice cast iron letter box set into the wall at the side of the entrance, still bearing the name of the original miller, J F Dolman. (Description cribbed from Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/61649287@N03/5940083620 and https://www.flickr.com/photos/61649287@N03/5940136716/ .) Part of the building is now occupied by Urban Hax http://urbanhax.com/ a makerspace. Interior view: Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.590959
Longitude
-1.986229