Filling a paper bag with flour. This watermill is placed in Röttle nearby Gränna in Sweden and it’s called Rasmus Kvarn. The mill was built in 1660,...

The Francis turbine is a water turbine which was developed in the USA by the engineer James B. Francis (1815-1892). It is mainly used to generate electricity...

Triple expansion engines use three expansion stages. The engines use a series of double-acting cylinders of progressively increasing diameter. These cylinders...

The Sawmill Remblinghausen in Meschede (Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia) has been using the horizontal steel-waterwheel for generating electric light since...

The Maudslay engine was the first beam engine built for the Kew Bridge works and began pumping in 1838. A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a...

Millstones or mill stones are stones used in grist mills, for grinding wheat or other grains. Millstones come in pairs. The base or bedstone is stationary....

Up until its shutdown in 1983 the Sawmill Remblinghausen in Meschede (North Rhine-Westphalia) manufactured wooden handles for brooms and rakes using the...

The James Kay engine, also known as the Dancers End engine, takes its name from Lord Rothschild's estate at Dancer's End, near Tring, where it was used...

Recording from under the James Kay engine, also known as the Dancers End engine, takes its name from Lord Rothschild's estate at Dancer's End, near Tring,...

Sound of water wheel start and run. This is a overshot wheel which has the water channeled to the wheel at the top and slightly beyond the axle. The water...

Stereo recording with more sound from the whole building. Sound of the wooden bevel gear. This gear moves horizontal power from the waterwheels to vertical...

Mono recording close to the mill stones. Sound of the wooden bevel gear. This gear moves horizontal power from the waterwheels to vertical power in the...