Higher Woodhill Mill - Page 4

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Standing at the viewing area and looking down into the waterwheel pit really gives an impression of its size.
The steam engine base can also be seen in the background on the right.

Higher Woodhill Mill had its own gasometer for coal gas produced on the site and this circular pit lined with stone is the remains of its base.

This is where the steam engine was located. Mounting holes are visible on some of the stone blocks, and near the centre is a semicircular recess for the flywheel crank.
The beam type steam engine was installed in the 1850s, soon after the large waterwheel. It was primarily used in dry weather when there was too little water available to drive the wheel.

This extract from a 1908 map shows the outline of Higher Woodhill Mill. The row of terraced millworkers' houses just to the west of the mill are still occupied.

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