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The Callington Mill on Old
Mill Lane which was built in 1837 by John Vincent. Vincent, with his
wife and seven children, had arrived in Hobart Town in 1823 with
£869. He was an entrepreneur who established the Norwood Inn in
Bothwell and the Bothwell Castle Inn at York Plains. Vincent's
enthusiasm for the mill was short-lived. In 1839 he tried,
unsuccessfully, to sell the mill and in 1840 he handed it over to
his son John Jubilee Vincent. At the time the mill was producing
20-30 bushells of flour an hour. By 1850 the mill had been sold to
Thomas Jillett who established a steam mill and production rose to
5-7 tons of flour a day. By 1862 the property comprised a two storey
flour mill driven by steam and wind, a two roomed cottage for the
miller with a large store, a three stall stable, a house, a baker's
shop "and two cottages fronting the main street with stable and
coach house adjoining, a large and well arranged dwelling house of
twelve well proportioned rooms, four stall stable with hay loft, cow
shed, piggeries and yard". The mill continued to operate until 1892.
In 1909 a storm blew the sails away and in 1912 it was gutted by
fire. It was restored by the National Trust with funds made
available by Amatil as part of a Bicentennial Gift to the Nation.
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