Gazeley Windmill

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Gazeley Mill
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Gazeley Windmill
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Mill nameGazeley Mill
Mill location TL 717 649
Coordinates 52°15′19″N0°30′59″E / 52.25528°N 0.51639°E / 52.25528; 0.51639
Operator(s)Private
Year built1844
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
StoreysSix storeys
No. of sailsFour Sails
Type of sails Patent sails
Winding Fantail
Fantail bladesSix blades
Auxiliary powerGippeswyck oil engine
No. of pairs of millstonesfive pairs

Gazeley Mill is a tower mill at Gazeley, Suffolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

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History

Gazeley Mill was built in 1837 by William Death, replacing a nearby post mill. [1] The mill drove five pairs of millstones. [2] A Gippeswyck oil engine was installed by Turners, the Soham millwrights in 1880. In 1893, a one-and-a-half-sack [3] roller mill made by Messrs E R & F Turner of Ipswich was installed. This was driven by the oil engine, [1] which could also drive three of the five pairs of millstones. [2] The mill ceased work c.1920 and was stripped of machinery and house converted in 1947. [4]

Description

Gazeley Mill is a six storey tower mill. It had a boat shaped cap with a gallery, winded by a fantail. The four patent sails [4] drove five pairs of millstones. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. pp. 42–43. ISBN   0-85115-112-4.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Regan, Dean (1997). Windmills of Suffolk. Suffolk: Dean Regan. p. 56. ISBN   0-9531562-0-6.
  3. ↑ A capacity of 1½ sacks (30 stone / 190kg) per hour
  4. 1 2 Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 41. ISBN   0-9506447-0-6.
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