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in October 1887. Repairs were completed by 15 March 1888. The mill was working until 1911, in which year the sails and windshaft were removed. The mill was used as a scout hut in the 1930s and was little more than a shell in the 1950s. In 1957, a new cap was fitted and the mill converted to
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and carried four double Patent sails which rotated clockwise. The Brake wheel was wood, driving a cast iron Wallower carried on a wooden Upright Shaft. The wooden Great Spur Wheel drove three pairs of
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Debden Windmill is a four storey tower mill. When working it carried a conical cap with a gallery, winded by a fantail. The windshaft was
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which stood nearby. It was insured in 1797 by William Thurgood for £500 including the going gears and stock in trade. The
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was blown off the mill on March 26th, 1882 and the cap and
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TL 555 336
51°58′44″N 0°15′47″E / 51.979°N 0.263°E / 51.979; 0.263
Corn mill
Tower mill
Double Patent sails
Cast iron
Fantail
grade II listed
Tower mill
Debden
Essex
England
residential
Post mill
fantail
sails
Sunday
Mill machinery
cast iron
millstones





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