- Post mill
, built in 1612. Windmills in Huntingdon and Peterborough p3] Their design and usage peaked in the 1700s and 1800s and then declined after the introduction of high-speed steam-driven milling machinery [http://www.ruralhistory.org/interface/public/countryside/landbuild/landbuild_mills.html Rural History] ] Many still exist today, primarily to be found in
Northern Europe andGreat Britain . The term "peg mill" or "peg and post mill" (in which the "post" was the tailpole used to turn the mill into the wind) was used in north west England, and "stob mill" in north east England, to describe mills of this type.Types of post mill
There are many variations amongst post mills.
unk post mill
The earliest post mills were quite small, and this led to problems with stability as they were liable to blow down in strong winds. A solution was found by burying the bottom of the trestle in a mound of earth.Stability in Windmills] . The last sunk post mill in England was at Warton, Lancashire. [http://www.bispham2.freeserve.co.uk/windmills/index.htm John Burke's Windmill] photo of the buried trestle of Warton mill.]
Open Trestle post mill
, USA.
Post mill with roundhouse
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Midlands post mill
In the Midlands and North West of England, the top of the roundhouse had a curb, and rollers affixed to the mill body enabled the roundhouse to bear some of the weight of the mill. Examples of Midlands post mills extant include Danzey Green mill, (preserved at the
Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings ) and the mill at Wrawby, Lincolnshire.Composite mill
A few mills looked like post mills, but were not post mills. These composite mills often had a post mill body mounted on a short tower resembling a roundhouse, as at
Banham [http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/banham-composite-mill.html Norfolk Mills] Banham composite mill] and Thornham [http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/thornham-composite-mill.html Norfolk Mills] Thornham composite mill] in Norfolk. Composite mills lack the central post on which the body of the post mill is mounted and turns upon to enable the mill to face the wind.Paltrok mill
.]
References
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*External links
* [http://www.outwoodwindmill.co.uk/ Outwood Windmill] Website
* [http://www.sussexmillsgroup.org.uk/PostMill.htm Sussex Mills Group] information on Post mills
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