I'm doing some research in to my local area and have learnt that a lot of agricultural buildings used to have one of these attached, a few nearby still do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_gang

My question is, as there were a lot of terms for these at the time (horse mill, wheel house etc), what were these known as? Particularly in the Perth/Dundee area?

Thanks for any pointers.

by wombat172

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  1. All mechanical energy before combustion engines and electric motors was either harnessed or manufactured. In a horse mill they use donkeys or horses to turn a wheel on a big shaft for mechanical energy. A water mill uses the water in a stream or river to turn a shaft.

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