My second abandoned mill of the day, in a beautiful but I imagine rarely visited setting. The walls of the buildings are still standing to a fair height and a set of steps is very prominent.

The mill is located next to an impressive waterfall.

 

I cannot find any old images of mill, although it was painted by John Syer in the 1800s

My copy of “Industrial Archaeology of North East England” from 1974 reports Scaling Mill as being intact with much of the gear still in site, sadly this is no longer the case in 2011. A weir and mill race running towards the mill can still be easily identified. A photo can be found here
 
The actual location of mill is little more that a few foundations now, although a small outbuilding is still standing and in the stream there does appear to be a cutting next to wall which could have housed a waterwheel.

Some ruined farm buildings are nearby but away from the stream, they don’t look like they will last much longer either judging by the crack in the end wall.

A piece of long abandoned farm machinery is also hidden in the undergrowth.

It seems unusual for a tree to be shown on early Ordnance Survey maps, but this one was allegedly the home of a witch/healer/fortune teller.

 

I located the postion of the old photograph but the tree is long gone. A full description can be found on the East Cleveland Image Archive.

Inspired by todays eclipse of the moon, Teesside was on the path of totality during the 1927 solar eclipse as shown by this poster.

 

The AA placed signs along the path of totality and one still exists in Richmond.