Caps

"Basic cap construction Amended 2/97"

PARG-DRW-03-06
Item
February 1997

Part of Vincent Pargeter Collection

Scale 1:20

Pargeter, Vincent G (1943-2015), millwright

"Basic cap construction"

PARG-DRW-03-05
Item
No date

Part of Vincent Pargeter Collection

Scale 1:20

Pargeter, Vincent G (1943-2015), millwright

"Mechanical details of cap"

PARG-DRW-03-01
Item
No date

Part of Vincent Pargeter Collection

Scale 1:20

Pargeter, Vincent G (1943-2015), millwright

Upminster - rear of cap

REXW-IMG-01-029
Item
No date

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

White Roding Tower Mill, White Roding

LOWE-0198
Item
No date

Part of Arthur Lowe Collection

Lowe, Arthur

Upminster Smock Mill, Upminster

LOWE-0197
Item
No date

Part of Arthur Lowe Collection

Lowe, Arthur

Tiptree Tower Mill, Tiptree

LOWE-0194
Item
No date

Part of Arthur Lowe Collection

Lowe, Arthur

Stansted Tower Mill, Stansted

LOWE-0188
Item
No date

Part of Arthur Lowe Collection

Lowe, Arthur

Cap with fanstage removed, smock mill, Upminster

DONP-11803
Item
September 1983

Part of Don Paterson Collection

Unknown photographer

Grounded cap, smock mill, Lindsell

ACSC-09527
Item
23 September 1978

Part of Arthur C Smith Collection

Dome cap of Smock or Tower Mill
Slide number 34

Smith, Arthur C

Preserved cap on ground, smock mill, Lindsell

ACSC-09526
Item
23 September 1978

Part of Arthur C Smith Collection

Dome cap of Smock or Tower Mill
Slide number 35

Smith, Arthur C

Detail of cap, sails and fantail of preserved tower mill

FWGC-1113051
Item
5 April 1967

Part of Frank W Gregory Collection

Top of cap under Restoration, Baker Street Mill, Orsett

KGFC-1125069
Item
1 April 1982

Part of Kenneth G Farries Collection

Photograph showing the top of the mill cap under restoration from Baker Street Mill in Orsett, Essex. Photographed by Kenneth G. Farries on 1st April 1982.

Farries, Kenneth G, author

Cap under restoration, Baker Street Mill, Orsett

KGFC-1125071
Item
1 April 1982

Part of Kenneth G Farries Collection

Photograph showing the rear of the mill cap under restoration from Baker Street Mill in Orsett, Essex. Photographed by Kenneth G. Farries on 1st April 1982.

Farries, Kenneth G, author

Scaffolding and Cap, Baker Street Mill, Orsett

KGFC-1125045
Item
1 April 1982

Part of Kenneth G Farries Collection

Photograph showing the scaffolding and top of the cap from Baker Street Mill in Orsett, Essex. Photographed by Kenneth G. Farries on 1st April 1982.

Farries, Kenneth G, author

"The Cap", Smock Mill, Upminster, Essex

REXW-ESS-81-14
Item
1936

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Removing the decayed fantail

FUWA-02491
Item
1983

Part of Friends of Upminster Windmill Archive

The old fantail frame had the date 1799 painted on a cross member. The reasons for this are a mystery, as the date does not correspond to any known history of the Mill. The mill was built in 1803.

Cap, Patent Sails and Striking Gear, Smock Mill, Terling, Essex

REXW-ESS-76-06
Item
1935

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Text on back reads"Cap, patent sails and striking gear"

Raising the wind shaft

FUWA-02442
Item

Part of Friends of Upminster Windmill Archive

In 1899 the original wind shaft snapped. In 1901 it was replaced, and this is perhaps a unique picture in the annals of millwrighting in that it shows the replacement 3/4 ton cast iron shaft being raised 50 feet up by means of a single mast and rope tackle hauled by hand. The picture is in very poor condition and has required extensive work to reveal any detail