Wheat flour milling
underwent a radical change during the 25 year period
from 1875 to 1900. The drive for the change came
from continental Europe and the United States, where
new flour mills had been built containing
sophisticated machinery developed in an attempt to
extract as much flour as possible from the wheat
grain.
For a period the UK
flour industry was resistant to change and unable to
compete with the foreign competition. In the new
mills metal rollers replaced traditional millstones
which had been in use for more than 2000 years.
Wind and water powered mills gave way to steam and
eventually electricity as the mill's energy source.
Traditional water and wind powered millstone mills
could not compete and very quickly fell into serious
decline.
This book overviews the
roller mill revolution, its development and the
milling industry today.
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Grain Cleaning and
Flour Dressing Machines in Traditional
Mills
Chapter 3. Traditional Mills
Leading up to the Roller Mill
Revolution
Chapter 4. The Evolution of
Roller Milling
Chapter 5. Some Early English
Roller Mill Plant Manufacturers
Chapter 6. Some Surviving Small
English Roller Plant Installations
Chapter 7. The Growth of the
Roller Flour Milling Industry
Chapter 8. Wheat Preparation
for Milling
Chapter 9. Restructuring,
Consolidation, Dereliction and Demolition
Chapter 10. An Overview of the
UK Flour Milling Industry Today
Editor’s note:
This is a companion volume to Watermills and
Stoneground Flour Milling.
