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A visit deep into the Isle of Anglesey to Melin Llynon Windmill.
You can go up to flights of steps inside. The ceiling are a bit low, and I sometimes hit my head going up, so preferred to be outside.
Melin Llynnon, or Llynnon Mill, is a gristmill located on the outskirts of the village of Llanddeusant on the island of Anglesey. It is the only surviving working windmill in Wales.
The mill was built for £529, 11s in 1775–1776, on land owned by the surgeon Herbert Jones. It is classified as a tower mill. The machinery is within a stone tower and the moving top, or cap cwch, turns so that the sails hwyliau catch the wind from any direction. The tower was 9.3 metres tall and with four floors. It was used to drive machines for grinding corn, oats and barley. The first miller, Thomas Jones (1756–1846), worked it until his death. The position of miller was passed down through the generations, eventually going to a cousin William Pritchard.
A storm in 1918 damaged the cap stopping it turning to face the wind. It still operated intermittently for the next six years when the wind was from the south-west. Eventually the mill closed and became increasingly dilapidated. It remained deserted and unused until the local council restored it between 1978 and 1986. It reopened in 1986 and now produces stoneground flour.
A Grade II* Listed Building
History
Late C18 windmill, built between August 1775 to March 1776 at a cost of £529.11s (£529.55). The mill formed one of the outlying properties of the Llynon estate, built for Herbert Jones by Andrew Williams. It was operated by another Jones family, the first miller Thomas Jones followed by his son, another Thomas; his sons chose not to run the mill and the operator in 1881 is recorded as being their cousin William Pritchard. In 1892 the mill was taken over by Robert Rowlands, one of the renowned family of Anglesey millers, who continued running the mill throughout the First World War. In 1918 a severe storm struck the cap so badly that it became permantly locked in one position; little grinding was then carried out as the sails could only be operated when the wind came from the SW. Despite Rowlands offer to pay towards the cost of repairing the mill, the owner refused to sanction the work and the mill's useful life came to an end.
In 1978 the owner of the mill, Thomas Rowlands, retired from farming and decided to sell the mill. It was purchased by Anglesey Borough Council who restored the mill to full working order. The restoration was carried out over several years and was finally completed late in 1983, the sails raised in August of that year. The total cost of the restoration was £120,000 and on May 11th 1984 Melin Llynon was officially opened by the Mayor of Anglesey, Councillor T D Roberts.
Exterior
Complete 3 storey windmill tower, built of rubble masonry, rendered. Opposing doorways and single window to each storey facing NW; boarded doors and small paned lights, openings within cambered heads, slate sills. Since restoration the windmill has been in full working order, with timber cap and 4 sails.
Interior
The completely restored interior is in full working order and includes some pieces of the original machinery. There are 3 pairs of stones, 2 of which are dressed and used for grinding, the third is open and on display to the public.
Reasons for Listing
Listed as a complete and well-preserved windmill tower, which, since restoration is the only working windmill on the island out of over 40 which were in operation in the mid C19.
Buckinghamshire (600 feat above sea level). Even in the summer, the hill makes this a great place for kite flying.
Built in 1823, this Grade II listed windmill operated by sail until 1925 and then by engine until 1941. For a while it remained derelict and was then restored, until a storm damaged the sails in 1987 and it once again stood in disrepair. It has now been restored with the help of the Friends of Bardwell mill and runs as a functioning bakery.
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!
More windmills in the Pincher creek area. I can't believe the size of these things. Note the man doors at the bottom of them.
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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.
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.
Description
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.
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