Английская Википедия:Gainsford End Mill, Toppesfield

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Image of Gainsford End Windmill

View of Gainsford End Windmill

Шаблон:Infobox Windmill Gainsford End Mill is a grade II listed tower mill at Gainsford End, near Toppesfield, Essex, England, which has been converted to a residence.

History

Gainsford End Mill was built in 1869 at a cost of £2000. It replaced a post mill which had stood on the site since the late eighteenth century. The mill was working until Шаблон:Circa and afterwards became derelict. The windshaft was installed in Duck End Mill, Finchingfield, when that mill was restored in 1958, although it was removed when a new wooden windshaft was fitted to that mill in 1986. It was converted to residential use in 2007.

Description

Gainsford End Mill is a five-storey brick tower mill with a domed cap winded by an eight-bladed Fantail. When built it had four Patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The brake wheel drove a cast-iron wallower carried on a Шаблон:Convert cast-iron upright shaft. The Шаблон:Convert great spur wheel drove three pairs of millstones. The tower is Шаблон:Convert diameter at the base with walls Шаблон:Convert thick The tower is Шаблон:Convert high, and the mill was Шаблон:Convert to the top of the cap. The mill drove three pairs of millstones; two pairs were Шаблон:Convert diameter and the third pair were Шаблон:Convert diameter.

Millers

• Lewis Steward 1874 - 1898
• Joseph Chaplin 1902