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Date: 1908 Type: Mill Status: Derelict   Click to view large map Coordinates: 28°52'11.67" S 27°42'45.23" E Alt: 1603m

See more photographs When the railway line to Ficksburg was completed the SA Milling Company built the steam powered Gumtree Roller Mill. The company ran the mill until 1948/49 when it was sold to a local group of people who closed it down and sold off the equipment. It is reputed to be the tallest sandstone building in the Southern Hemisphere. References: Staples, Chester O. 2006. Mills of Southern Africa : water, wind and horse. Pretoria: Umdaus. pg 132, 200