Day 11. Higher Mill. circa 1789.

 Higher Mill was built in 1789by the Turner Family(no relation) of Blackburn. It is now part of a museum but was operational until  1978. The mill has a working water wheel which drives the 5 pairs of Fulling Stocks. This Mill was for wool. The building itself has random stone walls,wooden beamed roof, mullion windows and flagstone roof.
The first picture shows the archway through Whittaker Mill for access to Higher Mill. Note the tracks, Flagstones for the cart wheels and the stone sets in the centre to enable the horses to get a grip.
The second picture is the back of the Mill and shows the sluice to control the water for the wheel. The mill pond, you can just see the corner, was replenished from the River Ogden. In the summer months when the mill was in full work the water level would drop and by the evening would empty the pond, the mill would then stop and the workers would be sent home,without pay, until the pond was replenished again, usually by the next morning.