3610 x 5431 px | 30,6 x 46 cm | 12 x 18,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2005
Ort:
Sibsey, Lincolnshire, England
Weitere Informationen:
Sibsey’s Trader Mill is six-sailed tower mill, and was, in fact, one of the last traditional windmills to be constructed, being built by Sanderson’s of Louth in 1877 to replace a post mill. The brick tower and ogee cap are typical of Lincolnshire mills, as is the use of more than four sails. Many Lincolnshire mills had five or six sails (a handful had eight), but whilst the five-sailers may have had a theoretical advantage, six-sailers were considered more practical, as in the event of damage they could be worked with four, three or just two sails – and, indeed, the Trader Mill was working with four sails before commercial milling ceased in 1954. Restored externally in 1970, and to full working order in 1981, it now produces organic stone ground flour. It is owned by English Heritage.
