Halle Mølle is a local history museum featuring both an old grain mill and an old upright sawmill. neither of them are working still but some of the structures are well maintained and much of the equipment is intact. in the summer the museum is open on Sundays. the residence of the original owners is on the premises and there is an authentic school classroom from back when the mills were in operation. but i was there when it was not open so this series of photos is from the grounds only.
the wheel and shoot assembly is about 170 years old
but the only water i saw passing the dam here was through this pipe.
detail of the drive attachment to the center or hub of the wheel. see next photo
this pipe to the grain mill had far more capacity than the shoot for the water wheel
but it is need of repair that probably is not going to happen
the grindstone seems to be set up to function. it takes surprisingly little water in the shoot to turn the wheel. i will have to return when the wheel and grindstone are in motion
detail of the grindstone
even more zoomed in
this bridge crosses the stream that is at present only a trickle from that pipe shown earlier
the view down to the mostly dry streambed.
i took all these photos with our Lumix FZ300. i edited them on the free version of photoshop express
