No18 - Windmill with sails - North Leverton, near Retford, Nottinghamshire. Taken this morning just before 7am. Showing West Powerstation in the background :
North Leverton windmill was built in 1813 by local farmers to mill their grain.
The mill is located in North Leverton, Nottinghamshire.
The mill has three floors and is built to the Lincolnshire style. It has four patent shuttered sails mounted on a cross, an Ogee cap and an eight bladed fantail. There are three sets of millstones, two of which are wind-driven, and one set driven from an external engine/tractor.
In 1884, the mill was extended and gained an extra floor. The windmill has continu...
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