Mill House - preserved in the East End of London awesome monument to engineering centuries ago. It is the world's largest tidal mill, working exclusively on the energy tide.

Mills located in estuaries, known since the days of Rome. The principle of operation is simple: at high tide the water is typed into a special pool, and then slowly poured out of him, turning the wheel. Such a mechanism is guaranteed to work at least three hours a day.

In the Domesday Book of XI century indicates that the Li River in Stratford (in the place which is now the House-Mill) worked eight or nine of these mills. In 1135, three of them bought the local Abbey, the area on the bank called Three Mills ("Three Mills"). In the XVII century there was milled grain for distilling alcohol, local producers supplying raw materials for luxury pubs which served gin (gin palaces were called).

The current House-Mill was built in 1776 by architect Daniel Bisson. In 1802 a fire destroyed the building, his rebuilt Philip Metcalfe (politician, patron of the arts and successful trader gin). During World War II he landed in a nearby warehouse bomb hit the house and has long been used as a warehouse. In 1970, he was rescued from demolition in 1989 began the reconstruction of not only buildings, but also the entire quarter.

This place looks amazing: the streets leading to the House Mill, paved with stone blocks surrounding the building (restored at the end of the last century) kept the appearance of medieval London. Next to the Mill House is another extant tidal mill - Hourly, with beautiful tower, decorated clock.

Tourists can explore a fully restored interiors Mill House: powerful stained wooden joists, as expected, flour, smokers are heavy millstone. Waterwheel, however, does not rotate, but the team of local enthusiasts is making plans a full recovery of all the mechanisms and even the generation of electricity at the mill to supply its energy network in London.

Side by side with the Mill House is located in London's largest film studio "Three Mills". It is here that starred such famous films as "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "28 Days Later." In the studio tour is impossible, but you can see lying in the corner a great park Three Mills Green. Here is the "Wild Kingdom" - a specially invented for children a vast green space with fallen trees, nets, ropes, giant stumps and hammocks.