Metheringham Windmill
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Metheringham Windmill
Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 9 Jun 2008
Disused windmill and Mill House at Metheringham Former tall six sail mill dated H.B.1867. As each sail was lost it was not replaced, the other ones being juggled around to maintain the balance. It ran with 6, then 4, then 2 and finally 3 sails, in which form it finished work in the 1920's or early 1930's http://microsites.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Windmills/section.asp?catId=3372
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Image Location
Latitude
53.138243
Longitude
-0.411061