Mill name Crowfield Mill Operator(s) Private Purpose Corn mill | Mill location TM 151 571 Year built c1840 Type Smock mill | |
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Crowfield Windmill is a smock mill at Crowfield, Suffolk, England which has been conserved.
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History
Crowfield Windmill was originally built as a drainage mill near Great Yarmouth. It was moved to Crowfield c1840 and converted to a corn mill. The mill worked by wind until 1916 when the cap was blown off. An auxiliary engine was used to power the millstones until the mid-1930s.
Description
Crowfield Windmill is a three-storey smock mill on a single-storey brick base. It had four patent sails and the boat-shaped cap was winded by a fantail. It has two pairs of underdrift millstones which are mounted on a hurst frame.
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