The windmill in Orsett, Essex, c.1971.
A scan of an old photograph of the derelict mill in Orsett, Essex, England, as it looked in 1971.
Derelict Essex Windmill
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Category Archives: Industrial Heritage
Turning the Sails of a Mill
A short film of National Trust workers turning the sails at the usually static Stembridge Tower Mill in High Ham. The sails are turned manually every four months to ensure even wear on the mechanism and to prevent anything seizing up.
Vietz Windmill in Poland
A postcard mailed in 1930 of one of two mills in the small town of Vietz, Germany, now, Witnica, Poland.
The mill in Vietz, East Brandenburg, Germany. Since 1945, Witnica, Lubuskie, Poland.
Mill Steam Engine
At the end of the 19th century many mills all over Europe were converted from wind power to steam.
Here is a typically sized mill steam engine on a postcard from France, c.1907.
An old picture postcard of a steam engine (boiler) powering a mill in Cotignac, France.
Open day at Stembridge Tower Mill
The National Trust opened the interior of Stembridge Tower Mill to visitors for the first time this year today. Here’s a photograph taken around 4pm. One of the custodians can be seen seated at the table in front of the mill, greeting visitors, checking membership passes, and selling tickets to non-members. Two jackdaw nests could be seen up under the roof and parent birds coming and going.
An open day at Stembridge Tower Mill in High Ham, Somerset, south-west England.
Windmill Colouring Picture
Here’s a super pen and ink drawing of Stembridge Tower Mill, which since the late 1960s has been under the excellent care of the National Trust. The image may be printed off and coloured in. An activity suitable for children of all ages! More colouring pictures featuring windmills.
Wind mill colouring page. Stembridge Tower Mill in High Ham, near Langport, Somerset, south-west England.
More on the High Ham Mill.
Old postcard of Sussex Mill
Latest arrival: an old postcard of the mill in Mark Cross, Sussex.
See also our section on England’s windmills on old picture postcards.
Windmills in Poland
This month we are in Poland visiting windmills and researching material for a new book on windmills in central and eastern Europe. Here’s just one example of the super mills still to be found in this part of the world.
This mill originates from 1705, updated in 1879, and continued to work commercially until the 1930s.
This mill is ripe for restoration. Sadly it might otherwise fall down very soon!
Rhodes Windmills
Three windmills which once ground the grains unloaded from merchant vessels in the harbour.
An old postcard of windmills on Rhodes, Greece, c.1910.
A Windmill in Estonia
A rare photographic postcard of a location in Estonia before the First World War.
A picture postcard from 1914 featuring a windmill in Nustago, Estonia.