St Margaret's Bay Windmill

Infobox Windmill
name = St Margaret's Bay Windmill


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location_of_mill = TR 363 436
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built = 1929
purpose = Electricity generation
type = Smock mill
storeys = Three storey smock
base_storeys = Single storey base
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smock_sides = Eight sided
sail_number = Four
sail_type = Double Patent sails
windshaft = Cast iron
winding = Fantail
fantail_blades = Six blades
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other = Last new build traditional windmill in Kent.

St Margarets Bay Windmill is a Grade II listedcite web| url= http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=178495| publisher = English Heritage| title = ST MARGARET'S BAY WINDMILL, THE FRONT, ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT| accessdate= 2008-04-19] Smock mill in St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England that was built in 1929 to generate electricity.

History

"St Margarets Bay Windmill" was built by Holman's, the Canterbury millwrights for Sir William Bearswell. It was built to generate elictricity and started generating in June 1929.cite book | first = William| last = Coles Finch| year = 1933| title = Watermills and Windmills| pages = p268| publisher = C W Daniel Company| location = London] The mill ceased to generate electricity in 1939, when the dynamo was removed. During the [Second World War, the mill was occupied by a special branch of the WRNS.cite book | first = R J| last = Brown| year = 1976| title = Windmills of England| pages = p108-09| publisher = Robert Hale| location = London| id = ISBN 0 7091 5641 3] Repairs were done to the mill in 1969 by millwrights Vincent Pargeter and Philip Lennard. These included a new fantail and repairs to the sails.cite book | first = Jenny| last = West| year = 1973| title = The Windmills of Kent| pages = p67-68| publisher = Charles Skilton Ltd.| location = London| id = SBN 284-98534-1]

Description

"St Margarets Bay windmill" is a three storey smock mill on a single storey brick base. It has four patent sails and is winded by a fantail. The mill generated electricity via a dynamo and is now used as residential accommodation, a use it has always had.

References

External links

* [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2791.htm Windmill World page] on the mill