Crux Easton - wind engine
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Crux Easton - wind engine by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Crux Easton - wind engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 23 Oct 2011
A 20' Simplex wind engine mounted on a 35' tower. Built 1891-2 by John Wallis Titt of Warminster and restored with Lottery funding. This originally pumped water and ground corn. There is also evidence that it drove other machinery by shafting inside the brick well house. It has now (by 2022) lost its 48 canvas sails although the fantail blades remain. Hopefully it might be restored in the future.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.304408
Longitude
-1.389288