St Margaret's Bay Windmill

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St Margaret's Bay Windmill
Origin Information
Mill Location : TR 363 436
51°08′35″N 1°22′37″E / 51.143, 1.377
Year Built : 1929
Windmill Information
Purpose : Electricity generation
Type : Smock mill
Storeys : Three storey smock
Base Storeys : Single storey base
Smock Sides : Eight sided
Number of Sails : Four
Type of Sails : Double Patent sails
Windshaft : Cast iron
Winding : Fantail
Fantail Blades : Six blades
Other information : Last new build traditional windmill in Kent.

St Margarets Bay Windmill is a Grade II listed[1] Smock mill in St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England that was built in 1929 to generate electricity.

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[edit] History

St Margarets Bay Windmill was built by Holman's, the Canterbury millwrights for Sir William Bearswell. It was built to generate elictricity and started generating in June 1929.[2] The mill ceased to generate electricity in 1939, when the dynamo was removed.[3] During the [[Second World War, the mill was occupied by a special branch of the WRNS.[4] Repairs were done to the mill in 1969 by millwrights Vincent Pargeter and Philip Lennard. These included a new fantail and repairs to the sails.[3]

[edit] Description

For a description of the machinery, see Mill machinery.

St Margarets Bay windmill is a three storey smock mill on a single storey brick base. It has four patent sails and is winded by a fantail.[2] The mill generated electricity via a dynamo and is now used as residential accommodation, a use it has always had.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ ST MARGARET'S BAY WINDMILL, THE FRONT, ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
  2. ^ a b Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company, p268. 
  3. ^ a b c West, Jenny (1973). The Windmills of Kent. London: Charles Skilton Ltd., p67-68. SBN 284-98534-1. 
  4. ^ Brown, R J (1976). Windmills of England. London: Robert Hale, p108-09. ISBN 0 7091 5641 3. 

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