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31: 38: 286:. The mill was built with room to add a further two pairs of millstones. Photographs show the fantail to have been six bladed and that the sails had ten bays of three shutters. 1942: 403: 2028: 2023: 2008: 722: 1984: 575: 1470: 82: 1036: 749: 69: 2013: 1966: 1954: 1815: 1309: 1114: 1973: 1900: 1215: 1050: 677: 431: 2033: 1893: 1879: 1783: 1612: 1208: 991: 555: 396: 320: 2018: 1907: 1119: 1062: 424: 356: 1708: 1649: 1436: 1431: 1361: 1331: 315: 1886: 1274: 1247: 1029: 543: 483: 1912: 1856: 1443: 1302: 926: 630: 580: 518: 2003: 1839: 1801: 1723: 1617: 1391: 1233: 1009: 1004: 804: 717: 488: 389: 1713: 1381: 1376: 1356: 1240: 1043: 941: 826: 602: 533: 473: 1922: 1822: 1656: 1140: 809: 1401: 1346: 906: 1808: 1562: 1426: 1185: 921: 866: 831: 635: 612: 443: 2038: 1849: 1718: 1691: 1557: 1482: 1366: 1341: 1170: 1124: 881: 851: 841: 769: 652: 642: 498: 1748: 1587: 1406: 1150: 707: 697: 585: 560: 453: 1773: 1738: 1681: 1671: 1637: 1632: 1622: 1522: 1458: 1421: 1416: 1371: 1351: 956: 819: 513: 448: 1733: 1696: 1676: 1642: 1627: 1577: 966: 961: 774: 759: 727: 702: 667: 570: 503: 1778: 1768: 1666: 1602: 1567: 1542: 1527: 1487: 1092: 931: 692: 687: 672: 590: 565: 548: 493: 1753: 1592: 1411: 1072: 896: 754: 682: 622: 595: 538: 1917: 1552: 1537: 1512: 1502: 1492: 1087: 1082: 986: 981: 971: 901: 846: 737: 463: 1832: 1827: 1758: 1701: 1582: 1532: 1497: 1475: 1463: 1448: 1336: 1284: 1252: 1190: 1180: 996: 891: 886: 871: 742: 1743: 1728: 1661: 1607: 1324: 1319: 1314: 951: 836: 814: 617: 607: 508: 352: 1959: 1686: 1517: 1507: 1453: 1396: 1279: 1262: 1175: 1155: 1145: 1102: 1097: 1077: 1055: 976: 916: 911: 861: 732: 528: 458: 311: 187: 1947: 1861: 1844: 1386: 1257: 1165: 1107: 1067: 936: 784: 662: 647: 468: 253: 233: 226: 1160: 1763: 1597: 1547: 946: 856: 794: 779: 523: 478: 436: 265: 1997: 1572: 799: 764: 712: 657: 177: 256:
and was later truncated by one storey. The mill was used for many years as a store.
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was a six storey tower mill. It had a boat shaped cap winded by a bladed
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For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see
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Corton Mill was erected in 1837. It ceased work before the
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The mill in 1910 (above) and the converted mill (below)
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TM 542 974
52°30′55″N 1°44′44″E / 52.51528°N 1.74556°E / 52.51528; 1.74556
Corn mill
Tower mill
Patent sails
Fantail
Grade II listed
tower mill
Corton
Suffolk
England
First World War
Mill machinery



Historic England
"TOWER MILL, MILL LANE, CORTON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK (1031938)"
National Heritage List for England



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