Searching for locations – Port Macquarie – Day 5 – Part 3

Searching for locations – Port Macquarie – Day 5 – Part 3

The timber mill This timber mill was typical of the time, the mid to late 1800’s and into the 1900’s. It could be assembled and disassembled quite quickly and moved to where the wood was being felled. It was run by a single portable steam engine which made it possible to have a mill near where the trees were being felled The engine drives vertical and horizontal saw blades by a series of belts and driveshafts