Melbo Manor
From quiet farm to a small industrialized city within a few decades (1890–1920). The businessman and landowner Chr. Frederiksen was in the center of the activities. Visit the mansion that has been restored to it´s former glory.
A mill is used to grind the grain into flour.
The farmer grows grain in the field.
The grain was cut down with a sickle:
Today, machines are used.
Then it is collected and the grain is taken off the stalk (axis).
The grain is dropped into a large container.
Water, wind or hand power makes the top millstone go around, while the bottom stands still.
The grain falls down between the stones so that it is pulverized, and it is this powder that we call flour.
The flour is collected in a container under the millstones.
Barley was the name of the cereal that was most commonly grown in Northern Norway.
In many places there have been millstones by the house, often near a stream.
The mill pictures, except for millstones, come from the mill at Sanden, Austvågøy, Hadsel municipality.
At Melbo Manor there has been such a farm mill and we can still see remains of it down by the stream.
