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Shire of Toodyay > Records

MILLING MACHINERY; BRAN SIEVE

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1994

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Overview

Milling equipment; sieving machinery. Flour filter; removes bran from the grain. Remants of gauze can be seen on it. Hanging from a block and tackle about to be hoisted upstairs.
Left hand side: Alison Wroth (nee Cook)
Right hand side: young boy approximately nine years old.
Background right: steam engine from extracts.
Foreground: open doors on either side of equipment, displaying posters upon each.

Historical information

A late Victorian-era working flour mill display was created in Connor's Mill 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.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2016.5

Item type

Width

10 cm

Height or length

15 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Sticker on back giving date 1994 and title 'setting up display'.

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Year

1994

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