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Lord Street, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 4QE

A steep cul-de-sac of terraced houses off Windmill Lane - with the windmill in the background

Just in case anybody wants a picture of this. The sturdy cast beam supports the runner stone and can be raised or lowered to alter the gap between the runner stone and the bed stone. This can be done manually and is also under the control of the centrifugal "flyball" governor in the centre. I've got a pretty comprehensive set of this mill.

Grain is hauled to the top of the mill and passed through this machine. It blows, sieves and grades the grain ready for milling.

How many places in England could you see a scene like this?

The horizontal sails are the simplest (common sails), a wooden lattice over which a cloth was placed. This with a good wind turned the sails. Adjustments need the milling to pause. The vertical sails are spring sails, these are shutters on a spring, again these need adjustment by the miller and thus a pause. These are early sails, in the 19th C patent sails meant sails didn't need the mill to stop, all was automatic. Image] Image]

An onion top mill, the fantail turns the cap into the wind. The mill has one pair of common and one pair of spring sails. These require more work and constant monitoring. Image]

http://www.greensmill.org.uk Green’s Windmill is a restored and working 19th century tower windmill. It was owned and operated in the 19th century by the mathematical physicist George Green. You may tour the mill (especially on a windy day!) and discover the process of turning grain into flour. All the flour from Green's Mill is organically grown and available at the mill shop or by mail order. Green's Windmill has won 'best flour' in the Soil Association Organic Food Awards in partnership with You magazine; 2001 Winner for wholemeal spelt flour, 2002 Winner for white spelt flour and Commended for wholemeal spelt flour. George Green was a mathematical genius who developed new ways of doing mathematics, which have helped scientists to understand the world around us. Test your brain power with the hands-on experiments in the Science Centre which explore electricity, magnetism and light, ideal for young children.

One of the stones, both are still producing flour. The grain falls down into the centre, it is sliced and crushed. Then the flour falls down into bads before it is refined in the dresser. Image]

Grain is hauled to the top of the mill and passed through this machine. It blows, sieves and grades the grain ready for milling.