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COGWHEEL FROM FLOUR MILL; REMNANT
c. 1840Subcollections
Overview
Wooden cogwheel, incomplete, made of Wandoo or York Gum.
Used to drive the flour mill at the Culham Estate in Toodyay, Western Australia.
Historical information
In the 19th century most of the wheat grown in the Toodyay district was milled locally. Farmers in need of flour would bring a dray load of grain to a flour mill and wait for it to be ground. Every large landholder had his own horse-driven mill. At first the cogs were made locally of wood.
The horse-operated mill at Culham is mentioned as operating in 1841. It is currently unknown when it ceased operation. However, between 1856 and 1870 three new, larger steam-powered mills had been built within the vicinity of Culham presumably overtaking the milling operations there.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.866
Contextual Information
The Culham Estate was originally owned from 1839 by Samuel Pole Phillips and Edward Hamersley in partnership.
Culham was the name of the Phillips' family home on the Thames in England.
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