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externally, the mill is unique in its construction. A centre post, to which the floors are attached, runs through the mill. The cap and floors are fixed to this, and the whole rotates within the mill tower. Fifteen wooden rollers support the whole at the top of the tower, as a conventional curb would
377:(ARAM) had a tarpaulin placed over the mill and some of the machinery was removed for safe keeping. On 8 August 1978, the mill was listed. Its listing number is 98631. This freed up grant money for the restoration, which would take about 1,000,000
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The tower is 1.25 metres (4 ft 1 in) thick at the base and 1.12 metres (3 ft 8 in) thick at the top. It is 10.20 metres (33 ft 6 in) tall and has an internal diameter of 5.10 metres (16 ft 9 in) The
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poll end affixed to it. The head and tail wheels were made in
February and March 1983 and fitted to the windshaft. The whole assembly was then fitted to the mill on 26 May. Stone nuts were obtained second hand, one from a mill at
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support the cap of a tower mill. The mill was constructed in this way to enable it to be worked by one man. It was said that a child of 15 or 16 could work such a mill. This system was probably invented by Gilles de Lannoy.
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457:, Belgium. The restored mill was officially opened on 15 June 1985. The brick tower formerly had three iron hoops around it to reinforce the structure. These were removed when the mill was restored by ARAM. The
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Ministry of Cultural Affairs took steps to list the mill, a process that took five years. In 1975, the
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should be saved, and all present signed it. Copies of the motion were passed to various national and local government agencies. On 23 July, the local commune decided to acquire the mill and the
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