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Shire of Toodyay > Records

MILLING MACHINERY; INSTALLATION GRINDSTONE MOTOR

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1994

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Buildings / Structures

Overview

Peter Richardson, Peter Chiffings and Ted Godwin man-handling and installing a grindstone motor for the bran mill.
Installation taking place on first floor. Display dummy to the left foreground of the photo; staircase left background; open trapdoor can be seen in the floor in front of the equipment being installed.

Historical information

A late Victorian-era working flour mill display was created in Connor's Mill, Toodyay in 1994 with milling equipment donated by Weston Milling after their Northam Mill had been modernised. The machines were moved, restored and installed by volunteer labour.

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cwa-org-37-2016.15

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Sticker affixed to back dates 1994. Name written left to right: Peter Richardson, Peter Chiffings, Ted Goodwin.

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Milling Equipment

PETER Chiffings

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