Maud Foster Windmill
Grade I listed windmill in Lincolnshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maud Foster Windmill is a seven-storey, five sail windmill located by the Maud Foster Drain in Skirbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire, from which she is named. She is one of the largest operating windmills in England being 80 feet (24.38 m) tall to the cap ball.
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Maud Foster Windmill | |
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Origin | |
Mill location | Boston, Lincolnshire |
Coordinates | 52°59′01″N 0°01′04″W |
Operator(s) | James Waterfield |
Year built | 1819 |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Tower mill |
Storeys | Seven storey |
No. of sails | Five |
Type of sails | Patent sails |
Windshaft | Cast iron |
Winding | Fantail |
Fantail blades | Eight blades |
No. of pairs of millstones | Three pairs |
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The tower mill and adjoining granary is grade I listed building. The mill was built in 1819 for Isaac and Thomas Reckitt of Wainfleet. It was repaired and restored in 1988.[1]