Andersons Mill and Water Wheel, Alice St, Smeaton, VIC, Australia
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blingg
S 37° 20.426 E 143° 56.894
54H E 761178 N 5863283
An old bluestone mill
Waymark Code: WM160K4
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 04/07/2022
Views: 5
Anderson's Mill Complex comprises a huge bluestone mill building, water wheel, 23 metre tall brick chimney, bluestone office, stables, granary, blacksmiths shop and residence. The complex was built from 1861 onwards to service Creswick's prospering agricultural district. The ten bay bluestone mill building is four stories high with an attic storey in the gabled slate roof.
The 28-foot (8.5 metre) diameter backshot water wheelis fed by a mill race about 900 metres long which commences at a bluestone weir on Birch Creek.
List: Register of the National Estate
Place ID: 3957
Place File No: 2/03/093/0003
URL database reference: [Web Link]
Status:
Registered
Year built: 1861
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