Post mill
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The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. Its defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single central vertical post. The vertical po
Brill windmill, a 17th-century post mill in Buckinghamshire
Chillenden post mill, built in 1868.
Chillenden open trestle post mill (another view).
Friston Post Mill, near Friston, Suffolk.
Tower mill
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A tower mill is a type of vertical windmill consisting of a brick or stone tower, on which sits a wooden 'cap' or roof, which can rotate to bring the sails into the wind.
Post mill
…England, and stob mill in north-east England, to describe mills of this type. Post mills dominated the scene in Europe until the 19th century when tower mills began to replace them. The advantage of the tower mill over the earlier post mill is that it is not necessary to turn the whole mill ("body", "buck…
Haigh Windmill
Alford Windmill
Foulsham tower mill, five stories of brick, early 1800s. Burned 1912 and converted to private residence.
Dutch windmill Dutch: De Noord, Schiedam