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Former 17 bay flax mill built in 1793-4, part of the Grandholm (later Crombie) Mills (see NJ90NW0096). It is 3 storey, of squared granite rubble with pinnings. The upper two storeys and attic were removed following a fire in 1900. The adjoining wing has a mill, engine and wheel house; there are associated water systems, turbines and pumps. The long elevation of the mill has centre bay arched hoist openings over the original lade to the north elevation. There is a 6-stage square tower at the east gable. The interior of the original mill is of unique construction of flagstone floors on a grid of I-section cast-iron joists and beams, probably a circa 1812-26 alteration incorporating the original cast-iron columns. There is an early cast-iron grid in the bell tower to support a water tank. The east wing mill was added in 1812, later reduced in height. The wheelhouse, 1826, of ashlar at the base, the upper parts squared rubble with pinnings, has wide segmental arched openings through which the water enters and leaves. It contained Boving and Co double impellor turbines, 1938, which replaced horizontal Hercules turbines by John Turnbull and Sons, Glasgow, 1905. The original wheel is now in the Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. The engine house is single storey, located between the mill, engine house and an old dye house. The steam engine, by Douglas and Grant 1889 was scrapped in 1905.
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Aberdeen City
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NJ90NW1238 - GRANDHOLM MILLS