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Originally Built by Louis Backhaus, and his brother-in-law Freidrick Brockmann, German craftsmen, between 1875-1876, on a site at Meyers Road near 16th Street, now Lombard, IL. Purchased by colonel George Fabyan from Mrs. Fred Runge for about $8000 and moved to his estate, Riverbank, in Geneva in July 1915.
The History is available as you tour the interior of the windmill for a $2 donation per adult. It's a beautiful thing to see in person. According to the tour guide, there is usually 2 millers there operating the windmill every day, unfortunately, they did not come today. He seemed to think that was unusual...go figure, my luck.
Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill
Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill was built in 1787 for Joseph Lindsell. Lindsell sold the mill in 1807 to Henry Chaplin, who mortgaged the mill to Robert Sworder in April 1808. Chaplin died in 1844 and the mill was offered for sale by auction on 22 December 1846 without a buyer being found.
In 1847, it was reported that one pair of sails required replacement. The old Common sails were replaced with a pair of Spring sails at a cost of £29 4s 0d by Thomas Seabrook, millwright of Furneaux Pelham, Hertfordshire. In March 1848, it was reported that one of the remaining Common sails had blown down, and the remaining sail was not fit for further work. A pair of “new Patent sails” was fitted at a cost of £12 5s 0d, with a new sail back costing a further £5 13s 4d. In November 1848 the mill was again working on two sails, and another pair of Patent sails were fitted at a cost of £23. Hicks demanded a reduction in rent from £60 to £45 per annum at midsummer 1850, which he was successful in obtaining.
Hicks left the mill in 1853, and recommended William Randall Dixon to be the next tenant. Dixon took the mill on a seven-year lease at £45 in May that year. A bake office was built in February 1854 at Dixon’s request and the rent was increased to £55. An oak stock was reported as cracked at about this time, and the mill was again reduced to two sails in September 1854 as a stock was defective. Dixon left the mill in 1856 and Edward Hicks again took the tenancy of the mill.
In 1860 Hicks asked for the mill to be modernised and a new steam mill to be built. The proposal for the steam mill was dropped, but a new windshaft was required and a fantail was asked for in return for an increase in rent. The cap frame was also repaired, with a new weatherbeam fitted.[5] A new cast iron windshaft was fitted by Seabrook at a cost of £25. Seabrook fitted a new fantail in that year at a cost of a further £25.[6] Hicks left the mill in June 1861, and a local man by the name of Ervin took the mill at a reduced rent of £40.[5] In 1862, millwright Fyson of Soham remodelled the machinery, converting the mill from an underdrift mill to an overdrift mill at a cost of £58 13s 7d. The stage and round house were removed at this time. John Buck took the mill in 1863 an a rent of £20, and reported that various work done by Fyson was faulty. Rectification was carried out by Seabrook. The mill was sold to William White in January 1865 for £1,150.
By 1870, the mill had four double Patent sails which were over 7 feet (2.1 m) wide. A steam engine was assisting the sails by 1890.[5] The mill last worked commercially in 1910. In 1930, the tower had to be strengthened with three iron bands[6] and in 1934 the second Lord Blyth had the mill repaired and presented it to the parish. The mill served as a Scout hut from the 1940s to 1963. It was scheduled as an Ancient Monument in 1952. The mill was opened to the public for the first time in 1964, with restoration work being done in 1966. In 1984-5, the mill was repaired by Millwrights International of Mapledurham, Berkshire at a cost of £14,000. The work enabled both the cap and sails to turn. In 2003, the mill was struck by lightning during an open day. In 2005, it was reported that repairs costing £70,000 were needed. An appeal to local residents for support in raising money towards the repair of the mill was generally ignored, despite leafletting every house in Stansted Mountfitchet.
The above information obtained courtesy of Wikipedia
This was taken on an impromptu day trip to Anglesey. An amazing day out visiting some favourite old haunts. Late in the afternoon we arrived at Lynnon windmill: the last remaining working mill on Anglesey. It had officially closed for the day but we were very kindly allowed access to take a couple of photos!
This is my favourite windmill. I know it from when I was in grade school. I have seen it almost every day, when I played outside. When I come back to Kiel and I can see it from the train, then I know, it will only be a few minutes. This windmill is part of an open-air museum near the place where I used to live as a child.
On the edge of town there were four old windmills that were still standing. You could even go INSIDE this one, which was very exciting for me.