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Holgate Windmill interior, July 2020 - 14

The top floor (dust floor) of Holgate Windmill, York, showing the original wooden section of the drive shaft which transmits power from the turning sails through the building to the millstones two floors below.

 

On the left are sacks of spelt grain. The ladder gives access to the cap for maintenance of the machinery and equipment.

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Uploaded on August 27, 2020
Taken on July 31, 2020