Name/TitleMill engine
About this objectThe Whitmore and Binyon horizontal steam engine that powered Reuben Rackham's water-powered flour mill on the River Deben. He paid £250 for the engine, which was installed in 1893 to drive the whole plant, including a roller mill, which was a new way of making flour.
MakerWhitmore & Binyon
Date Made1893
Place MadeWickham Market Suffolk
MeasurementsTotal length: 7620mm
Diameter of fly wheel: 2896mm
Object Typeengine
Object numberSTMEA:A.1719
Copyright Licence
Attribution - Non-commercial (cc)
