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Water, Water everywhere!

2/16/2014

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Of all the rains of the last few weeks, nothing has matched 23rd December when over 3" of rain fell in 24hours bringing the river up to '100 year levels', at least per the Environment Agency data.  Reassuringly, it seems the Millers of old new how to organise these things, and just as the river level was approaching the air-bricks, the river breached the opposite bank and rushed away, over into the meadow and across the road to the mill pond and river downstream.  The archimedes screw was surrounded with water briefly, that thankfully subsided relatively quickly and we are now back to generating!  Just feel very sorry for those that have been flooded. 

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Jackie Edwards
2/17/2014 08:33:45 pm

Roger, I wonder if I could contact you to talk about your project? I live in a watermill in Kent and want I am researching how to use it's potential to generate power/heating/hot water. There seem to be many similarities between your project and what I would like to achieve. Please email me if you are willing to spare me some time to talk about it. Also, I wonder if I would be able to visit Frensham and see your mill in action? Thank you!

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Roger Holmes link
2/21/2014 11:06:27 pm

Dear Jackie,
I would be happy to discuss our experience here and to see if it might be of relevance to you. If you e-mail me on info@frenshammill.org we can arrange to talk.
Best wishes
Roger Holmes

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KiK Girls Alberta link
3/16/2021 09:13:13 pm

Great reading yyour blog post

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