The Chesapeake Mill
Well a little bit of history from the American war of Independence, the USS Chesapeake was built in 1799 following a few scrapes along the way found its way into the war of 1812, It sailed out of Boston Harbour and into harms way (the harm in this case being HMS Shannon). The Battle lasted 6 minutes… Chesapeake lost and was taken as a prize. After being used by the Royal Navy it was scrapped at Portsmouth. It’s timbers were offered up at auction and eventually a buyer came forward, this was a Mr Edney who planned to build a mill in Wickham, a small village to the North West of Portsmouth in the Meon Valley. The timbers from the ship form the beams and boards within the mill. To this day the shot holes and shrapnel marks from the ships past can still be seen.
Who says that recycling is a new thing?
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South East UK and United KingdomAvailable for sale as Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints
midzing, 7 months ago
Excellent shot,,, and love the history behind it,, well done
Lorraine Creagh, 7 months ago
Interesting history.
jack01, 7 months ago
nice, its never to late to learn a bit more history
Paul Vanzella
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7 months ago
love the typography on the outside of the buiding Andrew – and love he history behind it.
Juilee P Pryor, 7 months ago
great shot andrew and wonderful story as well.
Jeff Burns, 7 months ago
Fabulous shot very well done.