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1. historicengland.org.uk › iha-mills › heag212-millsMills - Historic England

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   This IHA provides an introduction to mills, the two main types are defined by their power sources; water and wind. Watermills were simpler to construct than windmills and were developed at an earlier date. This guide deals only with the archaeological evidence for mills.

2. new.millsarchive.org › 2021/09/27 › into-theInto the Industrial Age: Developments in wind and water power ...

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   Sep 27, 2021 · In tandem with improvements in waterwheel and windmill sail technology came the development of steam power. The first steam-powered corn mill was that built by Young and Company near the centre of Bristol in about 1779.

3. blogs.kent.ac.uk › 2020/05/06 › 10-things-windmills10 things you probably didn’t know about windmills

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   • Wi ndmills are important sources of local history. We’re so used to living in an age with electrical everything, but before the industrial revolution happened mills were vital sources of power across the UK and Europe.
   • Know your mill types: tower mill. If you’ve been following our #WindmillWednesday hashtag on Twitter, you’ll notice that there isn’t just one type of windmill to explore.
   • Kent has so many windmills there’s an entire book about them. At one point, Kent had over 400 windmills – with Deal and Sandwich hosting 6 each! Today 12 still exist; Kent County Council look after 6 of them.
   • Know your mill types: post mill. Post mills are the earliest known type of European windmill and generally the most affordable to build. They can be recognised easily – they have a blocky, boxy structure that sits on top of one post, often hidden by a cylindrical base.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › WindmillWindmill - Wikipedia

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   A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, by tradition specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but in some parts of the English-speaking world, the term has also been extended to encompass windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications.

5. new.millsarchive.org › 2019/09/13 › technicalTechnical descriptions of English windmills – Page 2 – The ...

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   Sep 13, 2019 · THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL WINDMILL TECHNOLOGY IN ENGLAND. Windmills first appeared in Western Europe in the twelfth century, the earliest references in England concerning a mill at Weedley, Yorkshire, in 1185 plus another at Amberley in Sussex which had been built by that year.

6. new.millsarchive.org › 2016/06/03 › the-decline-ofThe Decline of Wind and Water Mills – The Mills Archive

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   Jun 3, 2016 · Overview. There was a time when every village had its wind or watermill; when mills were everywhere – an essential part of the economy. But over the past few centuries they have all but vanished.

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   What was the difference between a windmill and a mill pond?

   • Millponds were sometimes used as fishponds. As already noted, like watermills, windmills needed good road access. With watermills, it was commonplace for the miller to live at, or close to, the mill, in what was usually termed a mill house. This was less common with windmills, presumably because many stood on isolated, windy, high ground.

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   What is a windmill?

   • Retrieved 15 August 2013. "a mill or machine operated by the wind usually acting on oblique vanes or sails that radiate from a horizontal shaft, especially: (a) wind-driven water pump or electric generator, (b) the wind-driven wheel of a windmill".

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   How are watermills classified?

   • Watermills have been classified both by their morphology - for example horizontal mills (also known as Greek or Norse mills), vertical mills (also known as Roman mills), and tide/sea mills- and by function (corn-, fulling- and hammer-mills amongst many others). Examples of watermills are known from the Romano-British period onwards.

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   When were windmills used?

   • Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern periods. A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines and other applications.

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   Are watermills simpler than windmills?

   • Watermills were simpler to construct than windmills and were developed at an earlier date. A watermill is a building housing machinery dedicated to a particular purpose, such as grinding grain, that was powered by a wheel turned by moving water, usually with associated water management features.

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   How did watermills work?

   • The majority of early watermills were used to grind corn using millstones (Figure 6). In horizontal mills – the simplest technology – the mill wheel was connected directly to and drove the millstone above it, whereas in vertical mills the rotation was transferred though 90 degrees by gears (Figure 7).

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8. brewminate.com › windmills-and-their-technologyWindmills and Their Technology since the Middle Ages - Brewminate

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   Mar 4, 2021 · A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines and other applications.