#historic mill

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Beautiful converted 1900 historic mill in Quakertown, Pennsylvania has the original mill stone on the lawn, that was used to crush and grind the wheat and grains for bread. 4bds, 3ba, $885K.

I do like the entrance hall- beautiful leaded glass door.

Through the door is a vast main living space with a long stone fireplace and what looks like another millstone for a coffee table.

One step up is a very large dining room area off the kitchen.

The large eat-in modern country kitchen.

Cute half bath with a barrel sink.

Interesting how they put a wall over the stairs.

The primary bedroom is huge and look at the fireplace and stone wall. The ceiling also looks original.

One of the other bedrooms. Smaller, but a good size.

The full baths are disappointingly plain.

The home is listed as a single family but there's another big living/dining room and a kitchen up here.

These are the original hand hewn and joined beams.

There are so many large rooms, I'm wondering how much it costs for heat in the cold Pennsylvania winters.

There are rooms of work areas. The home is huge.

The water trough that drove the mill is still here.

The stucco top coat on the house is wearing off and exposing the stone. Looks like a picture.

The garden is lovely.

The mill stream flows past the large redwood deck. There's a total of 4.51 acres of land.

[anglerflsh]

"people didn't get canceled before these sjw" Dante put all the people he disliked in literal hell

[historicalreusedcostumes]

This lovely red dress with golden embroidery is worn on Stana Katic as Kate Beckett in Castle: Home Is Where the Heart Stops (2009) and later worn on Lana Parrilla as The Evil Queen in Once Upon a Time: Ariel (2013)

[postcard-from-the-past]

18th-century mill near Saint-Omer, Artois region of northern France

French vintage postcard

[yorksnapshots]

The Black Tower.

No, It is really called The Black Mill but tower seems more dramatic! Westwood Pasture, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire.

This area of 'common land' was granted to locals by the Lord of the Manor in 1380, and today residents still hold rights to graze cattle and sheep in a practice overseen by so-called pasture makers.

A windmill has stood here since 1650. This structure rebuilt in 1803 but it's working gear was removed after a fire in 1868. It was then used as a dwelling until 1934 and now stands as a Grade 2 listed monument.

[canberramaidan]

'Cats do whatever they wish, whenever they wish it.'

The Landowner's Secret (HarperCollins) by Sonya Heaney.

[abybweisse]

Ch210, Where is F. O. L. Orphanage?

⚠️ long post ⚠️

I was discussing that question with @juxl25, and I think we came up with a good choice for its location.

The only information we know for sure is that it's in Norfolk, and that it's near a river. We also know Finny and Snake took a train to a nearby town and walked to the orphanage.

We also know there's a wind pump that drains water from the surrounding marshland. There are at least four major rivers in the area used for draining the marshes: Yare, Bure, Wensum, and Ouse.

Juxl25 suggested River Yare and the historic Red Mill (the wind pump) as the area but was looking at Manor House, which is farther away, in the village (proper) of Haddiscoe, Norfolk. After some digging around, I agree with River Yare and Red Mill/Langley Detached mill (originally called Langley detached windpump...

...or Langley Detached drainage pump).

They are in an area northeast of Haddiscoe village, called Haddiscoe Island (these days), thanks to a canal added to connect River Yare and River Waveney farther inland, creating an island of the area and making the marshland there more remote/less accessible.

There's a historic farmhouse just east of River Yare, not far from Red Mill, called Raven Hall. And Raven Hall would be a premium location to have a secluded facility like F. O. L. Orphanage.

There's only one thing I don't like about the buildings shown for Raven Hall -- it's a bit farther from the drainage pump than I want it to be, and it's just a large farmhouse (almost 3000 sqft) and a long barn (almost 900 sqft). But there's a cool space just south of those buildings, which would be ideal for the main orphanage, as well as a spot for the stables/barn leading closer to the drainage pump, farther south. Here are two options for the placement of F. O. L.:

In each case, I've placed the stables to the west of the main house, as a small red rectangle (more or less), while the windpump was already marked by a red dot farther southwest. Looking at the bend of the river on Theo's image of a map of the place, the placement on the right (above) might be the better match. Then again, it could be exactly where Raven Hall is located. And Raven Hall, having been built in the 17th century (or at least 1700), is older than Red Mill (built in 1840).

Too bad I can't see the placement of the windpump on his map, but I think it's somewhere behind the speech bubbles on the left side of the panel.

We see that the windpump at the orphanage has a low roof of some kind, and juxl25 explains that someone was probably living onsite just to maintain it full time. I did find at least one pic showing Red Mill with what could be the old maintenance shed/shelter, but it seemed to be on the wrong side. Who knows? I guess it depends on which way the sails are facing to catch the wind? But the low roof in the panel is probably just the top of some shed.

Oh, and near St Olaves, there's a train station called Haddiscoe Station. They could have got off the train there and made their way north to the orphanage by foot. Or did they hitch a ride part of the way? I'll have to go back and check.

I'm still considering one other location, not far from there, but I won't post it unless further research looks more promising.

Hey... can you imagine if all this time... F. O. L. was just some place name reference... like "Farmhouse on Langley" (Marshes)?!?

Please let these kids break the windpump and flood the tunnels.... 🙏

[fairytalesreusedcostumes]

This fur bandit coat costume is worn four times in Once Upon a Time, First worn on Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White in Snow Falls (2011) and worn second on Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan in promotional photo shoot of Season 2 (2012) and later worn on Lana Parrilla as Regina Mills in Operation Mongoose Part 2 (2015) and worn again on Bailee Madison as Young Snow White in Labor of Love (2016)

[pmedica]

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[jewellery-accessoriesreused]

This silver Necklace with black stones is worn on Megan Follows as Catherine de’ Medici in Reign (2013) and later worn on Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen in Once Upon a Time: Mother (2015)

[ouatreusedcostumes]

This Photoset is of fur bandit leather coat on Once Upon a Time, First worn on Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White in Season 1 (2011) and worn again on Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan in Promo Poster of Season 2 (2012) and worn later on Lana Parrilla as Regina Mills in Operation Mongoose Part 2 (2015) and worn again on Bailee Madison as Young Snow White in Time Labor of Love (2016)

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I love converted mills, but only if they incorporate the original equipment, and this is a type of mill I've never seen before- it's a corn mill, built in 1810 in Naas, Leinster, Ireland. 6bds, 2full, 2.5bas. $1,793,478

They converted the building into a home using museum techniques to preserve the inner workings. Am I lovin' that!

It does feel just like a museum. Look at how they preserved some of the ancient artifacts in glass.

I like the stone floors. Wonder if they're original. This is the ground level, and there are 5 floors.

1 of the 2 full baths is spacious and has wonderful large beams.

This home office is set among the workings of the old mill, too.

This pretty bedroom is on the ground floor.

And, so is this cute room.

What a beautiful living room. Look at the iron wheels. This is incredible.

This is stunning.

What a beautiful kitchen. Look at the original floors.

The kitchen is so large, it has a counter, and a big table, but there's also a large formal dining room.

On this floor, there's a cozy family room.

This bedroom has a nice big closet and an en-suite.

This building is very big. These stairs on the upper floors are spiral, but they look wider than the usual modern styles.

They primary bedroom is very large and has an en-suite.

What a pretty courtyard.

Beautiful grounds.

This equipment looks current. It must still turn the wheel.

There's a river and fruit trees on the property.

The lot measures 3.01 acres.

https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/detail/180-l-115738-vclt67/yeomanstown-corn-mill-naas-ln-w91-afh1

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Queer Historical Mystery Series

Harlem Renaissance Mysteries by Nekesa Afia (1920s) The Nightingale Mysteries by Katharine Schellman (1920s) The Simon Sampson Mysteries by David C. Dawson (1930s) Pentecost and Parker by Stephen Spotswood (1940s) Evander Mills by Lev A.C. Rosen (1950s)

[historicalreusedcostumes]

This fur bandit coat costume is worn four times in Once Upon a Time, First worn on Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White in Snow Falls (2011) and worn second on Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan in promotional photo shoot of Season 2 (2012) and later worn on Lana Parrilla as Regina Mills in Operation Mongoose Part 2 (2015) and worn again on Bailee Madison as Young Snow White in Labor of Love (2016)

[postcard-from-the-past]

Aumühle cotton mill in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany

German vintage postcard

[kieraplaysthesims]

Spoiler Alert (I need history buffs help!!!!)

is everyone okay with me just ignoring the politics leading up to world war 2? my teacher on that subject had one of those monotonous voices not to mention that was 18 years ago. holy fucking shit that made me feel old.

But like unless someone has some links or wants to give me a quick run down of what happened in the places my sims lived.

Like I know Antonija is gonna have to get tf out of Germany cause her husbands Jewish. And not knowing much about it besides four trips to DC's holocaust museum, a trip to the house Anne Frank lived in, and reading her diary in 6th grade....I just can't handle dealing with a concentration camp without getting it wrong.

So I have 14 years until Hitler started rounding up jews, so 8x14 days in game until that happens.

So where should they go from Germany?