TM4697 : Herringfleet Marsh Mill

near to Herringfleet, Suffolk, Great Britain

Herringfleet Marsh Mill
Herringfleet Marsh Mill
"The only surviving smock mill in good condition is Herringfleet" LinkExternal link .

"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" LinkExternal link . In this view from the east it is silhouetted.
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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
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 4654 9762 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:31.2383N 1:37.9577E
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 4659 9762
View Direction
WEST (about 270 degrees)
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