image/svg+xmlHexhamCorbridgeOvinghamWylamRiding MillStocksfieldPrudhoeCrawcrookRytonBlaydonWinlatonSwalwellWhickhamNewcastleDunstonGatesheadSunnisideMarley HillByermoorBurnopfieldStanleyBeamishChester -le-StreetPeltonBirtleyOustonPerkinsvilleWrekentonGreensideRowlands GillHigh SpenChopwellWinlaton MillEbchesterHamsterleyBlackhall MillShotley BridgeConsettBlanchlandEdmondbyersNew RidleyHedley on the HillWhitley ChapelSlaleyWooleyLeadgateMedomsleyAnfield PlainDiptonTantobieTanfieldKibblesworthCragheadAcombWallWoodLeadMiscIronMixed useWindAll on/off © Land of Oak & Iron Trust 2023ResetBuilt up areasIndustrial areas1860 19602020 XMills – the First Engines of IndustryBefore the steam engine was invented in the 18th century the power of wind and water was harnessed to mechanise the production of food and goods. Mills were used, among other things, to grind corn for flour and animal feed, to make paper, to treat fabric, to saw wood, to drive bellows in iron foundries, to crush and smelt ores and to pump water out of mines. Use this map to select the type(s) of mill of interest and click on mill symbols to learn about some of the things that were made in the area – iron goods at Winlaton Mill, leather goods in Hexham, swords in Shotley Bridge, cannons in the Beamish Burn, poss sticks at Ebchester to name but a few. You can close this box by selecting the cross in the red box in the top right corner. /* The following script has been adapted from a tutorial by Peter Collingridge – see https://www.petercollingridge.co.uk/tutorials In addition to the script is the code to create a controller for panning and zooming and style sheets called by the controller module. In order to zoom and pan the map independently the layers to be panned and zoomed should be grouped and named ‘matrix-group’- this is best done by Inkscape. Using a text editor search for ‘matrix-group’ to locate it. Edit the entry to include the following after id=matrix-group: transform=”matrix(1 0 0 1 0 0)” Go to the start of the code and change the id in the svg tag to id=”map-svg” function pointer is used in the controller code – it changes the cursor to a pointer on a mouseover*/