A bit of industrial history lost from Millvale Road
Catching up on my old home area: I see the old Atkinson's corn mill on the Millvale Road near the crossroads with Joe's Hill and the Doctor's Hill was demolished in 2014 and work is underway on a new housing development. The mill was in a terrible state so it's no surprise to see it demolished. However this little slice of local history can still be viewed in its dilapidated state on historical Street View imagery. The image below is from Google maps imagery dated 2009: Here is the same stretch from 2016: One of the houses on the opposite side of the road has been renovated but the other is even more overgrown. Here is the 2009 imagery from the other direction, showing the spot where the old Bessbrook-Newry tram crossed the Millvale Road and Bessbrook river: Many thanks to Google for making such imagery available for embedding.