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A tall brick chimney stands beside a multi-story industrial building featuring a projecting wooden hoist housing on its side.

Steam Mill, St Ives, 1909

Steam Mill, Low Road, St Ives

History of Steam Mill

The mill was originally powered by a beam engine but this was replaced in the 1880s by a modern boiler and engine. Water was drawn from the Ouse and stored in an enormous cistern. The chimney was removed in 1909 and the mill converted to a private house. It was demolished in 1986.

Detail from an 1886 Ordnance Survey map showing land plots, a disused windmill, a disused corn mill, and a river boundary.

St Ives OS 1886

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