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This is a list of traditional windmills in the American state of Rhode Island.
See all having coordinates in "Map all coordinates using OpenSourceMap" at right.
Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date. Iron windpumps are outside the scope of this list unless listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
| Windmill | Location | Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Mill | Block Island | Smock | c. 1810 | Blown down 1938 | |
| Littlefield Mill | Block Island | 1877 | Standing 1900 | ||
| Bristol | Smock | 1797 | Moved to Fairhaven, Massachusetts 1821. | ||
| Bristol | Smock | Mid-18th century | Moved to Fall River, Massachusetts | ||
| William Boyd's Mill | Bristol | Blown down 1815. | |||
| East Street | East Greenwich | Smock | c. 1790 | Moved within East Greenwich 1874 | |
| East Greenwich Mill | East Greenwich 41°39′49″N71°27′23″W / 41.66361°N 71.45639°W | Smock | 1874 |  | |
| Jamestown Mill | Jamestown 41°30′59″N71°22′28″W / 41.51639°N 71.37444°W | Smock | 1787 |  | |
| (1st mill) | Little Compton | ||||
| (2nd mill) | Little Compton | ||||
| Boyd's Mill [1] | Middletown 41°30′03″N71°16′09″W / 41.50083°N 71.26917°W | Smock | 1810/2001 |  | |
| Prescott Farm Mill | Middletown | Smock | 1970 |  | |
| Chase Mill | Middletown | Smock | 1797 | Moved within Middletown c. 1855. | |
| Chase Mill | Middletown | Smock | c. 1855 | Moved to South Dartmouth, Massachusetts 1924. | |
| Harkness Mill | Middletown | Smock | 1845 | Burnt down November 1905. | |
| Boothden Mill [2] | Middletown | Smock | 1883 | Burnt down early 20th century | |
| Newport Tower | Newport 41°29′08″N71°18′35″W / 41.48556°N 71.30972°W | Tower | c. 1677 |  | |
| Windmill | Newport | Smock | Moved to Middletown (Chase Mill) at unknown date. | ||
| Windmill | Newport | 1663 | Blown down 1675 | ||
| Quaker Hill Mill | Portsmouth | Smock | Moved within Portsmouth c. 1876 | ||
| Lehigh Hill Mill | Portsmouth | Smock | c. 1876 | Moved to Middletown 1970 | |
| John Peterson's Mill | Portsmouth | Smock | 1810 | Dismantled 1995, rebuilt at Middletown 2001. | |
| Windmill | Tiverton | Smock | Moved to Newport at unknown date. | ||
| Windmill | Warren | Smock | 1812 | Moved to Fall River, Massachusetts at unknown date | |
| Windmill | unknown location | Smock | 1770s | Moved to Block Island c. 1810. | |
Boyd's Windmill, also known as Boyd's Wind Grist Mill, is a historic smock mill at Paradise Valley Park on Prospect Avenue in Middletown, Rhode Island. John Peterson built the windmill at the corner of Mill Lane and West Main Rd. in Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1810, and William Boyd purchased it in 1815. It originally had four common sails, but four more were added by the family. The mill is a timber-frame structure, octagonal in shape, and about 30 feet (9.1 m) tall, with a rotating cap powered by eight vanes with canvas sheets. The grindstones in the middle of the mill are Fall River granite; the upper one, which is connected to the power mechanisms, rotates six times for each turn of the mill's main shaft. In 1916 Benjamin Boyd removed the original vanes and powered the mill using a gasoline engine. It is one of only two historic windmills to survive on Aquidneck Island.
