Copton Windmill | |
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Origin | |
Grid reference | TR 014 596 |
Coordinates | 51°17′58″N0°53′10″E / 51.29944°N 0.88611°E Coordinates: 51°17′58″N0°53′10″E / 51.29944°N 0.88611°E |
Operator(s) | Faversham Water Company |
Year built | 1863 |
Information | |
Purpose | Water pumping |
Type | Tower mill |
Storeys | Three storeys |
No. of sails | Four |
Type of sails | Patent sails |
Windshaft | Cast iron |
Winding | Fantail |
Fantail blades | Six blades |
Type of pump | Plunger |
Copton Mill is a tower mill in Copton, Faversham, Kent, England that was built in 1863 [1] to pump water for Faversham Water Company's waterworks. [2] It is just south of junction 6 of the M2 motorway.
Copton Mill was built by the millwrights Spray and Harmer in 1863. [1] The mill was marked on the 1858–72 and 1903–10 Ordnance Survey maps. It was worked by wind until 1930, when the cap and sails were removed and replaced with a 6,000 imperial gallons (27,000 L) water tank. [1]
Copton Mill is a three-storey brick tower mill which formerly had a Kentish-style cap. It had four patent sails [2] 37 feet (11.28 m) long and 5 feet (1.52 m) wide [3] carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The mill was winded by a fantail. It was rated at 15 horsepower (11 kW) and could pump 10,000 imperial gallons (45,000 L) of water per hour. [2] An oil engine was used as auxiliary power. [3]
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