Our front door - (06/08)

Taken last week before the roof was completed - also below Chris in hard hat looking pensively at the sluice gate before it got to its resting position.

The intake - (02/08)

Further clearing of the intake has taken place in readiness for the commissioning tests on the screw later in the month.

The sluice - (30/07)

The team carefully manoeuvre the sluice into position - once commissioned the sluice will be controlled automatically depending on water levels in the river.

A view of the screw - (29/07)

A view of the screw taken from the engine house looking towards the stone arch at the end of the tail race - note the deflectors now in place on the right hand side.

Project update - (24/07)

Well a change in the weather in the past 48 hours has made a welcome change for everyone.

A good week for progress, especially tasks that although they may not take a large amount of time to complete they are in themselves often a culmination of weeks of effort - for example removing the spacers from the screw and actually seeing it turn properly for the first time (albeit manually for the time being). The engine house continues to make steady progress and already looks like it was part of the original mill buildings and will be finished off with a nice slate roof. Also this week the sluice at the top end of the screw has been lifted into position, this will be controlled automatically and will be lowered to adjust water levels into the screw.

Next week work will continue on clearing and concreting the intake area and the build on the engine house.

Pictures to follow...

New Mills Heritage Centre - (18/07)

For those of you passing through New Mills or just walking through the Torrs remember that the New Mills Heritage Centre is a great place to pass some time. With some great historical displays, a coal mine, a great model of New Mills in the 19th Century and they do make great tea and coffee as well - currently it also has a photographic display of Torrs Hydro as it has progressed since the construction started in March.

The rain came down... (17/07)

Well just when you thought our Derbyshire summer weather couldn't get any worse the heavens start to open again - certainly great weather to drive a Hydro Electricity generator once its commissioned !

With the archway now completed and just the wooden former to be removed the stone work moves on to the creation of our little engine house which will house the gearings, generator and control system for the screw.

Work on the laying of the cable to the New Mills Co-op has also started.