TM4697 : Herringfleet Marsh Mill
near to Herringfleet, Suffolk, Great Britain

Herringfleet Marsh Mill
"The only surviving smock mill in good condition is Herringfleet" Link
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"Circa 1820, probably by Barnes of Yarmouth. Octagonal timber framed and black weatherboarded tower on a brick plinth, with 2 floors above the ground floor. Boat-shaped cap. There are 4 common (cloth-spread) sails and winding is by a braced tailpole with a geared hand winch. The internal machinery comprises cast iron windshaft, all-wood clasp-arm brakewheel and wallower, wooden upright shaft; at the base of the upright shaft a cast iron crown wheel drives an iron pit wheel with wooden cogs" Link
. In this view from the east it is silhouetted.
"Circa 1820, probably by Barnes of Yarmouth. Octagonal timber framed and black weatherboarded tower on a brick plinth, with 2 floors above the ground floor. Boat-shaped cap. There are 4 common (cloth-spread) sails and winding is by a braced tailpole with a geared hand winch. The internal machinery comprises cast iron windshaft, all-wood clasp-arm brakewheel and wallower, wooden upright shaft; at the base of the upright shaft a cast iron crown wheel drives an iron pit wheel with wooden cogs" Link
year taken
2005
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- TM4697, 13 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Derek Harper (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Monday, 27 June, 2005 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Wednesday, 24 June, 2009
- Category
- Drainage mill (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TM 4654 9762 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:31.2383N 1:37.9577E - Photographer Location
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OSGB36:
TM 4659 9762 - View Direction
- WEST (about 270 degrees)
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