Re: Newport Tower and windmills - some comparisons

On Jan 30, 7:55 am, ghughesa...@xxxxxxx wrote:
Curses! this wasn't supposed to start a completely new thread! D*mn
you new-look google groups


Yes, damn google. There is no way to find a post amongst more than 50
without stepping through the "newer" "older" process.

This is the best look at a tower mill, which might have been the use
of the Tower, the height also being explained. You still have to
explain why a working mill would have been parged inside and out.

"The Tower Mill

Tower mills first appeared after the post mill was established. These
cylindrical-shaped mills were usually made of stone or brick, the
walls being at least 18 inches thick. The outer walls were plastered
over or tarred in order to keep moisture out. It was necessary for the
mill to be cylindrical in shape so that the sails could clear the face
of the tower. The early mills were short so that the cloths of the
common sails could be set from the ground. Later, as the sails became
more sophisticated, the height of the tower increased to five or six
floor, profiding storage space for the miller. The roof, or cap, of
the mill was mad of wood and contained the shaft on which the sails
rotated. The sails were faced into the wind by revolving the entire
cap on a circular wooden track by the miller who moved the tail pole
connected to the cap. The shape of the cap varied. Because these mills
were of a sturdier construction, they were able to survive the ravages
of time and the elements better than other types of windmills. Some
examples of tower mills surviging in England today are Stanstead
Mountfitchet, Essex, and Polgate Mill, Sussex.

http://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/mills/types.htm


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