Apologies to all our visitors but we can't turn the wheel for a couple of weeks while we repair some stripped thread in the Penstock. We will get the machinery going again as soon as we can #millengineering #woodbridgetidemillmuseum
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WE ARE SORRY BUT NO WHEEL TUNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Many apologies to our regular and new visitors, the Penstock is leaking and we are repairing it as quickly as possible. #millengineering #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #penstock
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Our Engineers hard at work today replacing waterwheel boards ahead of OPENING NEXT MONDAY. #choosewoodbridge #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering
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9 Dec 2025
Once the Engineers have lifted, cleaned, flipped, cleaned the reverse and reseated the one tonne millstones the special crane has to be lubricated and stored for the next time. #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering #engineersworkisneverdone
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22 Sep 2025
Engineers were busy this morning lifting the water stone (powered by the tides) in preparation for cleaning or 'dressing'. #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering #woodbridgetidemill #millengineeringdepartment #dressingthestones
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21 Sep 2025
An advantage of being a working museum is that your exhibits help maintain it! The trammel was involved in recent millstone dressing. #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering #woodbridgetidemill #millengineeringdepartment
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20 Aug 2025
Sheila Viner and David Plunkett visiting from #elingtidemillexperience preparing for the 2026 Tide Mill Conference. #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering #woodbridgetidemill #tidemillstogether
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21 Jul 2025
Busy preparing the stones for dressing on Wednesday. There will be restricted access to the first floor while thus is being done unfortunately. #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering #millengineeringdepartment
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13 Jun 2025
Cast Iron Pinion and a fragment of an early main shaft gudgeon clasp ring. #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering
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11 May 2025
Millstones can weigh between 2.4 and 3.6 tonnes so a sturdy crane is required to lift them #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering #woodbridgetidemill #millstone
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10 May 2025
Thrift and Mill Bill - Mill Bills are double ended chisels that are held in a wooden handle, called a thrift.
This combination tool is used to dress (sharpen) the millstones. Good to know. #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering #woodbridgetidemill #dressingmillstones
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25 Apr 2025
More dentistry this week from our Engineering Team assisted by Bill Griffiths, Millwright #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering #woodbridgetidemill
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22 Apr 2025
#woodbridgetidemillmuseum engineers get the waterwheel turning today - early days but promising a return to regular wheel turning #millengineering #woodbridgetidemill
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13 Apr 2025
This Stone Nut takes power from the Great Spur Wheel and rotates the top stone that grinds the wheat between it and the static Bedstone beneath. Wooden teeth are cheap, quiet and don't create sparks. Tell everyone... #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering #bread #milling
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12 Apr 2025
Audio Station fixed with help from #fraserhale #longshopmuseumleiston. The crackling was from a loose connection. The voices of yesteryear are crystal clear again. #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #kidsinmuseums #millengineering. Please support our fundraising gofund.me/bba4a0ee
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7 Apr 2025
Engineers preparing the waterwheel hoist to get the wheel going shortly #millengineering #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #woodbridgetidemill
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14 Mar 2025
Richard, one of our plucky Engineers, offers up the new teeth from #woodbridgeboatyard for the Pit Wheel maintenance #woodbridgemuseum #tidemillwoodbridge #millengineering #woodbridgetidemill
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13 Mar 2025
Great work by John Harrison today fixing our tide Mill model. It's a popular item, gets a LOT of use - really useful for explaining how the old Mill works. Photo: John Harrison. #kidsinmuseums #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering #woodbridgetidemill
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17 Jan 2025
The old cutaway millstone Tun in August 2011. Photo: Simon Hazelgrove. #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering #woodbridgetidemill #history #milling #flourmilling
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11 Jan 2025
An illustration of repairs required on the Mill from 2012. It appears much of the Mill was on the move! #woodbridgetidemillmuseum #millengineering #millengineeringdepartment #woodbridgehistoricriverside
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