On the foreshore of the tidal River Orwell, at Pin Mill, Suffolk.30 08 2020

The expression "pin mill" means a pin factory, and also a word for a wheel with projecting pins used in leather production. But neither of these activities are known to have taken place at Pin Mill, so the origin of the name remains uncertain.

Pin Mill was once a busy landing point for ship-borne cargo, a centre for the repair of Thames sailing barges and home to many small industries such as sail making, a maltings (now a workshop) and a brickyard. The east coast has a long history of smuggling, in which Pin Mill and the Butt and Oyster pub allegedly played key parts.

During World War II Pin Mill was home to Royal Navy Motor Launches and to a degaussing vessel created from a herring drifter. Pin Mill and Woolverstone were home ports to many Landing craft tank used in the invasion of Normandy in 1944.

There have also been recent improvements in the sailing infrastructure, and responsibility for the Hard at Pin Mill has been handed over to a new 'community interest' company.

Immediately downriver of houseboats are a number of wrecked traditional vessels popular with artists and photographers.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_Mill

Taken in: UK / England / Babergh District / Chelmondiston (show map)

Taken on: August 30, 2020

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