{"id":1574,"date":"2016-11-30T23:25:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T22:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecomuseomalesco.it\/antico-mulino-del-piano-del-tacc\/"},"modified":"2017-06-13T14:18:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T12:18:16","slug":"the-tacc-s-mill","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecomuseomalesco.it\/en\/the-tacc-s-mill\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tacc’s mill: the ancient mill of the seventeenth-century"},"content":{"rendered":"[spb_row wrap_type=”content-width” row_bg_type=”color” color_row_height=”content-height” bg_type=”cover” parallax_image_height=”content-height” parallax_image_movement=”fixed” parallax_image_speed=”0.5″ parallax_video_height=”window-height” parallax_video_overlay=”none” row_overlay_opacity=”0″ row_padding_vertical=”0″ row_padding_horizontal=”0″ row_margin_vertical=”0″ remove_element_spacing=”no” inner_column_height=”col-natural” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_single_image image=”756″ image_size=”medium” frame=”glowframe” intro_animation=”fade-from-bottom” full_width=”yes” lightbox=”no” link_target=”_self” caption=”The Tacc’s mill” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [\/spb_row] [spb_column width=”2\/3″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block title=”Tacc’s Mill” pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n

The Ancient Tacc’s mill<\/h2>\n

The Tacc’s mill (mulin<\/em>) is located on the valley plane, near the Zornasco<\/strong> station of the panoramic railway, on the right side of the provincial road.<\/p>\n

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It is a seventeenth-century<\/strong> L-shaped building, built on two floors, including the basement. <\/span>On the east side, opposite to the road, there are hydraulic powered structures<\/strong>, two vertical wheels, and a third horizontal, placed in an interior of the building itself. <\/span>The mill was moved by the water redirected from the Melezzo river about fifty meters away from the building by a long rush (which originally provided power also for another hydraulic machine).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Why “mulin\u00a0dul Tacc”?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

This mill, the largest of the 54 still existing in the first decades of the last century in Vigezzo, remained operational until 1979<\/strong> thanks to Francesco Ielmoli, known as “Tacc”, the last miller of a resourceful family of \u00a0Toceno, which already owned the mill at the end of the 19th century<\/span>. Mulin dul Tacc<\/em> means, at the end, Tacc’s Mill.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the year 2000: restoration and functional recovery<\/span><\/h3>\n

In the early years 2000, the mill was purchased by the Municipality<\/strong>. <\/span>The organization has provided a cautious restoration<\/strong>, aimed to guarantee a functional recovery<\/strong>, both of equipment and of the building, including it also in the itinerary of the Ecomuseum in the summer of 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After restoration work, the drive is now guaranteed by a smaller water circuit, maintaining the primitive set of channels and bulkheads, by which the wheels are powered.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Inside Tacc’s mill, there are three mills<\/strong> dedicated to different food processing operations: <\/span>the first <\/span><\/span>for rye and wheat<\/strong>, <\/span><\/span>the central<\/span><\/span> to obtain whole flour<\/strong> (without separation from the bran) and the third for the chestnuts<\/strong> and the maize<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A fourth grinder was instead used as a crusher to extract the essential hemp<\/strong> elements for the local textile production.<\/span><\/p>\n

The precious work of the mill, which was last active among the many in the valley, was available to all the valley’s inhabitants. <\/span>In addition to the equipment, the mill housed the miller’s lodgings<\/strong>, areas dedicated to rolling current maintenance, and also a small stall for a donkey<\/strong> dedicated to grain transport. <\/span>All of these environments have been recovered and represent a real historical experience<\/strong> not only of the mill but of everything that was orbiting around it, including a series of panels and audiovisuals<\/strong> that, in addition to illustrating its operation, span the range of products worked there by offering a u<\/span>seful didactic support.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/spb_text_block] [sf_gallery gallery_id=”128″ slider_transition=”slide” show_thumbs=”yes” autoplay=”yes” show_captions=”yes” enable_lightbox=”yes” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [\/spb_column] [spb_column width=”1\/3″ el_position=”last”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n