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Conference Paper

Author
Vines, Gary
Title
Mills of the Plenty
In
19th Australasian engineering heritage conference: putting water to work: steam power, river navigation and water supply
Editors
Engineers Australia and Engineering Heritage Australia
Imprint
Engineering Heritage Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 2017, pp. 511-536
ISBN/ISSN
9781922107923
Url
https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.385415768511329
Subject
History of Applied Sciences Engineering and Technology
Description

Victorian flour mills.

Abstract

"Where have all the flour mills gone?" Over 280 flour mills existed in Victoria at one time or another. At least 32 of these were water powered. One water mill survives relatively intact, but most of the others ceased operating within a couple of decades of their commencement in the mid-nineteenth century. Why did the wheels stop turning and what became of them? This paper looks at the history of the early water-powered flour mills near Melbourne and considers some of the factors that may have been influential on their early success or failure and the possible causes of their ultimate demise.

Source
cohn 2018

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