Fowler's Mill
Fowler's Mill, Battersea | |
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Corn mill | |
Type | Horizontal windmill |
Base storeys | Two storeys |
Auxiliary power | Steam engine |
No. of pairs of millstones | Six pairs |
Year lost | Demolished 1825 |
Fowler's Mill was a horizontal windmill erected at Battersea, Surrey (now in London), England in 1788 and which ceased to work by wind c. 1825.
History
Fowler's Mill was built in the grounds of the partly demolished
Description
Fowler's Mill had a three-storey base, which was 52 feet (15.85 m) diameter at the ground and 45 feet (13.72 m) diameter at the top of the 40 feet (12.19 m) high walls. The windmill was mounted on top of this structure, it was a twelve sided structure some 80 feet (24.38 m) tall, giving an overall height of some 120 feet (36.58 m) overall. There were ninety-six sails (called floats), with the same number of shutters in the mill body which could be opened or closed to allow a flow of air through one half of the diameter of the structure. The mill drove six pairs of millstones. In height, it compared well with Southtown Windmill, Great Yarmouth, which was one of the tallest windmills in England[2] at 102 feet (31.09 m) in height.[3]
Millers
References
- ^ "Chelsea". London Online. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- ^ a b c d Farries, K G, and Mason, M T (1966). The Windmills of Surrey and Inner London. London: Charles Skilton Ltd. pp. 50–53.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Gt Yarmouth Southtown towermill". Norfolk Mills. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
External links
- Horizontal Windmills - Battersea windmill is described in this excerpt from the paper by Rex Wailes, published in Transactions of the Newcomen Society,1967–68, Vol 40.