Restoring Brill Windmill
In 1948 Stanley Freese replaced the sails on Brill Windmill. Photographs from the collection show the process, described more fully in Freese’s Windmills and Millwrighting.
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The mill still in good repair, 3 September 1934
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The state of the mill by January 1948
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Removing sail, March 1948
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Final sail removed, 7 May 1948
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The mill with no sails, July 1948
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George Green and Jack Blake making sails, 20 July 1948
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Stock and sails ready to be taken to the mill
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Transporting stock to the mill, 29 September 1948
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Levering the stock into place, 30 September 1948
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The second stock on the ground, 30 September 1948
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Levering the second stock into place, 2 October 1948
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Attaching the first sail, 3 October 1948
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Rotating sails after attaching the first three, 4 October 1948
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Lifting the fourth sail, 4 October 1948
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The four sails complete, 22 October 1948
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Preparing to build the roundhouse, August 1950
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Arthur White preparing to build the new roundhouse on the foundations of the previous one, August 1950
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Arthur White building the roundhouse, August 1950
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The mill complete with sails and roundhouse, March 1951