A view from the south showing the two 1930s automatic flood gates on the Mill Avon at the Abbey Mill, in operation with part of the Abbey Mill seen to the right

Date:
16 Aug 1946
Location:
Abbey Mill, Mill Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Reference:
AA76/01490
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Until 1930 the Abbey Mill had been equipped with four traditional wooden sluice gates to regulate the flow of water. In 1930 the large guillotine flood gate seen here on the right, replaced the old sluices. An even greater flow rate was regarded as being desirable, so in 1935 a larger, automatic radial sluice was fitted in addition to the 1930 gate. This new gate's massive concrete counterweights can be seen to the left in the photograph, also in operation.

Content

This is part of the Series: TED01/02 Photographic Negatives by Theodore Edmondson; within the Collection: TED01 Edmondson, Theodore

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Edmondson, Theodore

Keywords

Sluice, Georgian Watermill, Georgian Corn Mill, 20th Century Sluice