Crowfield Windmill

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Crowfield Windmill
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Crowfield Mill, April 2007
Crowfield Windmill
Origin
Mill nameCrowfield Mill
Mill location TM 151 571
Coordinates 52°10′12″N1°08′47″E / 52.17000°N 1.14639°E / 52.17000; 1.14639
Operator(s)Private
Year builtc1840
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Smock mill
StoreysThree-storey smock
Base storeysOne storey
Smock sidesEight sides
No. of sailsFour Sails
Type of sails Patent sails
Winding Fantail
No. of pairs of millstonesTwo pairs

Crowfield Windmill is a smock mill at Crowfield, Suffolk, England which has been conserved.

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History

Crowfield Windmill was originally built as a drainage mill near Great Yarmouth. It was moved to Crowfield c1840 and converted to a corn mill. The mill worked by wind until 1916 when the cap was blown off. An auxiliary engine was used to power the millstones until the mid-1930s. [1]

Description

Crowfield Windmill is a three-storey smock mill on a single-storey brick base. It had four patent sails and the boat-shaped cap was winded by a fantail. [1] It has two pairs of underdrift millstones which are mounted on a hurst frame. [2]

Millers

Reference for above:- [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 41. ISBN   0-9506447-0-6.
  2. 1 2 Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. p. 50. ISBN   0-85115-112-4.