|
|
| |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|||||||||||
|
New Spring Programme 2013
18-01-2013 A new Spring Programme will be out soon, with events and activities (limited somewhat because of capital works onsite) If you would like a copy of the programme posting, please give us a ring and we'll put you on the mailing list, or alternatively look at our facebook page or send email - info@heronmill.org Support For Hydro Education 24-10-2012
Thank you GreenSuperStore for supporting education at Heron Corn Mill :) Environmentally friendly products, energy monitors, education resources and more. Thanks also to: Hasbro in the Community Thames and Kosmos Europe Ltd for donating towards our forthcoming young people's clubs!
CONSULTATION FORUM WITH BEETHAM SCHOOL 31-03-2012 
VISIT TO GIBSON MILL AT HEBDEN BRIDGE 31-03-2012
Dressing up clothes for interpretation at Gibson Mill. Easter Holiday piloting activities 21-03-2012 
HCM 100kW Kaplan Turbine 17-03-2012 On the 15th of March we fitted the smolt screens to the turbine intake. This is a fine mesh screen that fits over the broad permanent trash rack and will be in place until June when the Smolts (juvanile fish) stop running. We have had a great winter in terms of energy production, averaging over 70kWh in the 3 months upto march 2012. Here is the new energy meter, updated weekly, showing total energy produced since installation.
Now that the Smolt screens are installed, they will require more man hours to keep clean and energy output will suffer during periods of speight as debris (weed and trees) get washed down the river. Barn Setup 09-03-2012
An introduction to oral history - Ken Howarth 08-03-2012
Heritage Lottery Fund - teacher consultation 07-03-2012 As part of the consultation process we are undergoing with the Heritage Lottery Board, our Activity Planner went into Milnthorpe Primary School to ask questions and discuss their ideas
Hydro Installation Video 10-04-2010 With the installation of the new Kaplan Hydro Turbine now complete, we have a time-lapse video of the construction period available to watch.  Click to watch the video
Nick Crowe - Geothermal Love 08-06-2009 'Geothermal Love', a public art installation by Nick Crowe'. A geothermal heated bench on the intersection between two public walkers footpaths. 
Digging the trench for the piping. 
Digging the trench for the piping. 
Digging the trench for the piping. 
Digging the trench for the piping. 
Digging the trench for the piping. 
Digging the trench for the piping. 
Digging the trench for the piping. 
Digging the trench for the piping. 
Digging the trench for the piping. 
Digging the trench for the piping. 
Piping to hold the liquid. 
Piping to hold the liquid. 
Piping to hold the liquid. 
The electrical duct to supply power to the pump. 
Building the pump house. The wheel is turning and you can't slow down 31-03-2009 For the first time in who knows how long, the waterwheel is now visible. 
Grass shack nailed to a pine wood floor 23-01-2009 Toilet block upgrade underway. 
I think we've found something toxic..... 
No, it's just a bit of wood. 
Stripping out. 
Plastic gubbins. 
I never found out what this switch actually did. 
Rusty electrics. 
At least in the 70s, they left the original beams. 
We're going unisex. 
Like something off The Young Ones. In another times forgotten space 06-01-2009 Millwright Martin Watts is currently restoring the working machinery of the mill, it's first major overhaul in almost 35 years. 
Stepping off sharply from the rank and file 26-09-2008 Preparing to launch the new barn re-development 
Ground-floor of the barn facing the kitchen, wood-pellet boiler and a-v balcony. 
New sheeps-whool insulated ceiling and pendant lighting, such a change from the bare roof and fluorescent strip lights. 
Lecturn set up for the opening day. Floor still not quite dry but getting there. Note the surround seating over the old concete support structure and the inner floor electrical socket ducting. 
Our new office, upstairs. Dubbed, "the beach hut".
Alternate angle of "the beach hut" with doors to a/v balcony.
Outside of the barn, with re-opened arrow slit windows and new double doors/shutters. Left side shutter nicely opens up-hill at a perfect angle.
If I told you all that went down It would burn off both of your ears 31-07-2008 Eco-heating for an eco-building 
A maze of underfloor water pipes. 
Sort of looks like contour lines on a map. 
Extensive plumbing feed. 
The wood-pellet boiler to power the underfloor heating. 
Highly compressed sawdust pellets. 
Flume straight up through our office. 
We have a chimney now! Ring that bell for whatever it's worth 16-06-2008 Our office is almost up, the electricals are coming down. 
The new mezzanine office level, oh the longing for the warm space in winter. 
Stumpy remians, being left of course, gotta have a bit of character. 
Some temporary lighting, although not much worse than we're used to! 
I do like these window openers. 
The new AV balcony, soon to full of sound and light equipment. 
Stairs, who would have thunk it. 
A non too wide shot of downstairs. 
Another non too wide shot from the other end. 
A big wooly jumper for the building. 
An ad-hoc marker for where the wood-pellet boiler will be. 
The builder's main tool? 
One of the re-opened windows, from the outside. Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is "Don't tread on me" 19-05-2008 Barn re-development is going swimmingly, all very solid and sound. 
An army of scoffolding. 
Sheeps wool insulation being build into the roof. 
Cannonballs and girders. 
Reinstating the original windows. 
Looks a lot bigger since the interior dividing wall came down. If you ain't got a hinge, you can't close the door 27-04-2008 Duckett Building Services have now started to rip out the old interior of the barn ready for installation of the new facilities. What will be unearthed? Who knows...... 
Who put a fuse box 4/5 of the way up a wall? 
The old barn doors have been dug out the concrete and opened up once more. 
What was underneath those chillingly awful concrete flag stones? More concrete. 
Only a few more cobbles to come up. They will of course be saved and used elsewhere on site. 
The wiring in there was always rather dodgy.... 
And so was the plumbing. 
No comment of this tap...... zap. 
Poignant, rather poignant. 
The old and the really old. Barn re-development gets under way 23-04-2008 Today Simpson & Brown Architects and Duckett Building Services met along with Nick Crowe and the Heron Corn Mill team to thrash out final details of the barn re-development and get work under way. 
John, Stuart and Rob from Simpson & Brown Architects. 
Nick Crowe's plan for the floor (update: since revised after the meeting). 
Nick Crowe (artist) and Derek from Duckett Building Services. 
Audrey, Derek and Stuart Allen coming to a consensus. 
Stuart Allen makes some last minutes changes. 
Audrey and John Sanders talk cobbles. Heron Mill almost gets a phoneline - updated (Jan 08) 04-12-2007 We now have three quarters of a phoneline into the mill! Two sections of underground cabling and four phone poles. Trouble is, they still don't connect up to anything at either end.... update We now have a fully functioning phoneline. Our new number, direct to the mill is 015395 64271.
|
New Training Programme for Capital Works at Heron Corn Mill
VOLUNTEERS WANTED!
Are you interested in volunteering at Heron Corn Mill? Pauline our new Volunteer Coordinator is waiting to hear from you - pauline@heronmill.org
Visitor Information 2013
We would like to inform that people wishing to visit the Mill at Heron Corn Mill that it will not be open for regular visits between January and September 2013 due to planned captial works on the mill building and site access. The Good news is that we have secured HLF funding for the development and Heron Corn Mill will offer a vastly improved visitor experience once re-opened later in the year. Click heading to read more
HISTORIC WATERMILL AWARDED HERITAGE LOTTERY GRANT
Hydro Energy Meter
HERON CORN MILL (BEETHAM) LTD WINS HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND SUPPORT
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT ...
'a river runs through it' is a 12 month arts project based at Heron Corn Mill.
EDUCATION PACK AVAILABLE
Heron Corn Mill now has a new teachers resource pack. Suitable for Key Stage 1-2 it contains three new exciting modules for schools and groups. Just £ 3.00 including P&P.
THE TURBINE ARRIVES
HYDRO TURBINE INSTALLATION VIDEO
|
 |
Heron Corn Mill, Mill Lane, Beetham, Nr. Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7PQ tel: 015395 64271 |
©2010 Heron Corn Mill (Beetham) LTD Registered Charity 1131677 - Company No. 6784856 |
 |
