Dictionary of Sydney

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Mungo Scott flour mill, Summer Hill

Flour mill in Summer Hill built c1921 by flour millers Mungo Scott to take advantage of the goods railway line between Wardell Road and Darling Harbour. A huge fire in the mill in 1927 was believed to have been caused by sparks caused by passing trains igniting stored flour. In 2009 the mill's operations moved to Maldon in Victoria and the building was converted into residences. 

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