One of last working sails, post mill, Ramsey
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- 28 September 2014
Part of Technical Information Project
Blythman, Guy
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One of last working sails, post mill, Ramsey
Part of Technical Information Project
Blythman, Guy
Detail of spring sails, post mill, Mountnessing
Part of Technical Information Project
Blythman, Guy
Detail of mechanism of spring sail, post mill, Mountnessing
Part of Technical Information Project
Blythman, Guy
Detail of spring sail, post mill, Mountnessing
Part of Technical Information Project
Blythman, Guy
Detail of mechanism of spring sail, post mill, Mountnessing
Part of Technical Information Project
Blythman, Guy
Striking gear spider and linkage
Originally Upminster windmill had common canvas sails but these were replaced around 1850 with Cubitt patent shutters.
Replacing a storm damage sail and stock
Millwright Vincent Pargeter is directing the lowering of the new stock into the wind shaft canister
A stock clamp is raised up to the new sails
Millwright Vincent Pargeter is preparing the bolts to secure the new clamp
During a storm the stock of the forward sail snapped. Here millwright Vincent Pargeter is making safe the damage and removing parts of the striking gear.
The damaged mill seen shortly after the storm.
Details of timbers required for new sails, Ashdon Windmill, Essex
Part of Vincent Pargeter Collection
Details of timbers required for new sails, Fryerning Windmill, Essex
Part of Vincent Pargeter Collection
Whitmore and Binyon sail triangle used as wall bracket
Part of Peter Dolman Collection
A photograph by PD of the Whitmore and Binyon Sail Triangle used as a wall bracket inside North Mill (Frost's Mill).
Dolman, Peter C J (1955-2002), miller
"Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill"
Part of Christopher Wallis Collection
"Weatherbeam and cap circle: present distortion" drawing;
"Re-aligning weatherbeam and cap circle: 'A' frame arrangement" drawing;
"Stone floor main beams: props, Dust floor main beams: end cleat" drawing and carbon copy;
"Weatherbeam and cap circle access scaffold" drawing;
Untitled carbon copy
"Re-aligning weatherbeam and cap circle" drawing;
"New sails" drawing and carbon copy;
Work timetable
Untitled edited carbon copy
View of the Sails, Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield, Essex
Part of Don Paterson Collection
View of the Sails, Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield, Essex
Part of Don Paterson Collection
View of the Sails, Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield, Essex
Part of Don Paterson Collection
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Essex Countryside' of a submission by F. Hollinghurst describing the appeal to raise funds for new sails at Rayliegh Mill.