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Pitstone windmill is believed to be one of the oldest post windmills in Britain.
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Aermotor windmills are the most efficient, reliable, and economical way ever invented to lift ground water. Found in a cemetery.... which is kind of creepy to think about.... Anyway, this windmill company has been around since 1888!
For our last sightseeing stop on Mykonos (Μύκονος), Mike and I visited the famous group of windmills in Mykonos Town, also known as Chora (Χώρα). After a short hike through the Kastro (Κάστρο) and Little Venice (Μικρή Βενετία) areas, we arrived at our destination -- where I proceeded to take numerous photos of these picturesque structures. Here, you can see one of windmills situated behind a stone wall.
There are 25 windmills, each 20-stories high, on the North side of I-8 near Campo Blvd, an hour east of San Diego (18 miles north of the Mexican border). Called the "Kumeyaay Wind project", these power 12-15,000 homes and is 70 times larger than the next largest wind project on tribal land.
The smock windmill at Woodchurch, seven miles from Ashford in Kent, was built in 1729 and was one of a pair known as "The Twins". In the 19th century there were over 400 windmills in Kent but today there are less than twenty. June 2010
This photo was taken at Goodwood looking towards Halnaker windmill about 2.5 miles away the ugly 1960's tower block on the left of the Windmill is about 11 miles away and then the sea beyond that
History
Chillenden windmill (grade II* listed) was built by Holman's of Canterbury in 1868, replacing an earlier post mill that had blown down. The new mill incorporated some material from the old one. A windmill was marked on Philip Symonson's map of 1596, John Speed's map of 1611, Robert Morden's map of 1695, E Bowen's map of 1736, Andrews, Drury and Herbert's map of 1769 and all Ordnance Survey maps from 1819. Holman's, the Canterbury millwrights fitted a new stock and two new sails in 1927, and the mill was working until 1949, when it lost a sail in a gale. Local people raised some money in 1955 to make the mill weatherproof, and on 12 December 1957 the mill was bought for £100 by Kent County Council and restored at a cost of £728, although some machinery was removed.
Collapse and rebuilding
Chillenden windmill collapsed on 26 November 2003. The cause of the mill collapsing was that one of the four piers that the mill sat on had sunk into the ground over time, added to this was the fact that the mill was in a fixed position, and not facing directly into the prevailing wind at the time. The mill wreckage was carefully dismantled on 15 December 2003 and put into storage while a decision was made on the future of the building. There were rumours that the mill would be rebuilt at the Museum of Kent Life, but on 31 March 2004 it was announced that the mill was to be rebuilt on site. The restoration work was carried out by IJP Millwrights, of Binfield Heath, Berkshire. The work included new crosstrees and quarterbars, a new windshaft, both breast and tail of the mill rebuilt and new weatherboarding all over. Four new sails were made, replacing those which were on the mill at the time of its collapse. These had been fitted in 2001. By early May 2005, work had commenced on site re-erecting the frame of the mill. The reconstructed frame of the mill was erected on the new trestle on 25 May 2005. The mill reopened to visitors on 13 September 2005.
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History
Chillenden windmill was built by Holman's of Canterbury in 1868, replacing an earlier post mill that had blown down. The new mill incorporated some material from the old one. A windmill was marked on Philip Symonson's map of 1596, John Speed's map of 1611, Robert Morden's map of 1695, E Bowen's map of 1736, Andrews, Drury and Herbert's map of 1769 and all Ordnance Survey maps from 1819. Holman's, the Canterbury millwrights fitted a new stock and two new sails in 1927, and the mill was working until 1949, when it lost a sail in a gale. Local people raised some money in 1955 to make the mill weatherproof, and on 12 December 1957 the mill was bought for £100 by Kent County Council and restored at a cost of £728, although some machinery was removed.
Collapse and rebuilding
Chillenden windmill collapsed on 26 November 2003. The cause of the mill collapsing was that one of the four piers that the mill sat on had sunk into the ground over time, added to this was the fact that the mill was in a fixed position, and not facing directly into the prevailing wind at the time. The mill wreckage was carefully dismantled on 15 December 2003 and put into storage while a decision was made on the future of the building. There were rumours that the mill would be rebuilt at the Museum of Kent Life, but on 31 March 2004 it was announced that the mill was to be rebuilt on site. The restoration work was carried out by IJP Millwrights, of Binfield Heath, Berkshire. The work included new crosstrees and quarterbars, a new windshaft, both breast and tail of the mill rebuilt and new weatherboarding all over. Four new sails were made, replacing those which were on the mill at the time of its collapse. These had been fitted in 2001. By early May 2005, work had commenced on site re-erecting the frame of the mill. The reconstructed frame of the mill was erected on the new trestle on 25 May 2005. The mill reopened to visitors on 13 September 2005.
Description
Chillenden windmill is a white open trestle post mill with four Spring sails carried on a cast iron windshaft. The windshaft carries a cast iron Brake Wheel with a wooden rim. The Brake Wheel has fifty wooden cogs, driving a cast iron Wallower on a cast iron Upright shaft. This carries a cast iron Great Spur Wheel which drives two pairs of underdrift millstones in the head of the mill. The mill formerly had a maize kibbler, but this was removed when the mill was restored in 1958. The mill is winded by a tailpole.