- Bello Mill
Bello Mill was a mill on the river called the
Lugar Water , on the estate ofJames Boswell (Lord Auchenleck) inAyrshire , inScotland . Before being rebuilt in the 1940s, it had three different sets of mill stones. It had one pair of millstones for rough grinding, and the two pairs of millstones for grinding oatmeal,The neighboring Bello Mill Cottage is famous for being the birthplace of
William Murdoch , who was born in 1754. Murdoch invented gas lighting and did experiments on steam engines. Murdoch's father John Murdoch was tenant and millwright at Bello Mill, which he had taken over in 1754.In 1760, John Murdoch installed the first iron-toothed gears used in a mill in Britain at Bello Mill. These gears were cast at Carron's Foundry in
Falkirk . Bello Mill was at that point the most technically sophisticated mill in the UK.Bello Mill no longer is intact, but the gears are still visible. It was used until the 1960s. The roof is now missing and it is danger of falling into the river.
The Bello Mill Cottage is still inhabited.
References
* [http://www.trainingscotland.i12.com/murdoch/bello.htm William Murdoch historical site]
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