Mon 28 Aug 1775
Record of amount of waste water at Mr Cambridges Mill mill on 28th August 1175
1775
Measured the waste water at Mr Cambridge's Mill on Sunday August the 27th, which was the Shortest time of water at ever found it - when it run thro an opening 6 feet 2 Inches wide and 19 Inches Deep and the Top of the opening was 8 Inches under the surface of the water in the Mill Pond, and the same time run over the Wier 15 feet wide by 7 Inches Deep, which according to Mr Yeomans Table amounts to 191315,04 Tone in 24 hours which is more than equall to 720 Locks full, or in other words will fill a Lock more than 720 times.
