Category: Millwrights

Eccentric millers of old – Rex Wailes

Arthur Pratt French, 1920 – FREN-1116094 The attention of the antiquary has been attracted by the old-time miller. Apparently he dabbled in the...

John Smeaton F.R.S (1724-1792)

By his definition, John Smeaton was not a millwright but a ‘civil engineer’. However, his contributions to millwrighting are too...

John Rennie (1761-1821)

John Rennie was born in 1761 in East Lothian in Scotland. Rennie showed a natural taste in engineering at a...

Vincent Pargeter (1943-2015)

Vincent was born in Islington in late 1943. After attending school, he worked in Westminster Bank from 1961 until 1969....

Oliver Evans (1755–1819)

Evans (September 13, 1755 – April 15, 1819) was an American inventor, engineer and businessman. In the early 1780s Evans’s...

Peter C J Dolman (1955-2002)

Author: Vincent Pargeter Peter grew up in Bedfordshire, and it was here that his interest in mills was kindled. He...

Frank W. Gregory (1917-1998)

A Milling Hero For Frank there was never too much that you could know about mills and milling.  He never...

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