(89) Baldwin Saw Mill

From 1868 O/S Plan X.11 - SC 354813

Fed from the River Glas flowing N-S - just above the weir is the start of the mill race to feed Baldwin corn mill

Abel Lewis c.1860 extract from a stereo pair - Note the thatched roof

extract from J M Nicholson sketch "In the Baldwin valley" dated 1887 - now appears roofless & derelict

[Both images from items held in Manx Museum]

A somewhat unexpected item, the Baldwin valley was not easily accessible in the mid 19th C and the Island was generally poor in timber, the afforestation of many of the uplands mainly started post WW1. The ground to the right of the mill appears to be littered with planks of wood - around this period there was a Douglas Steam Saw mill operating not far from the harbour with considerably easier road access for imported timber


		Water powered Mills etc

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