White Mill Windshaft, Sullington Warren

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The photograph on this page of White Mill Windshaft, Sullington Warren by Janine Forbes as part of the Geograph project.

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White Mill Windshaft, Sullington Warren

Image: © Janine Forbes Taken: 16 Jul 2005

The White Mill was built in about 1800 but was destroyed in a fire in 1933. This cast iron windshaft is all that now remains. It weighs nearly 2 tons and connected the four sails or sweeps to two pairs of millstones via a giant cogwheel.Sullington Warren is woodland owned by the National Trust.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.915947
Longitude
-0.44084